Anna Meredith's Varmints is the Scottish Album Of The Year
30 June 2016, 14:53
| Written by
Laurence Day
Composer Anna Meredith has scooped this year's Scottish Album Of The Year (SAY) Award for her record Varmints.
Meredith rose to the top of a talent-rich shortlist which featured albums by Young Fathers, CHVRCHES, C Duncan, Django Django, Rachel Sermanni, Hudson Mohawke, Miaoux Miaoux, and more.
Responding on Twitter, Meredith succinctly wrote: "ShhhhiiiiiiiiTTTTTTTT!!!!!", before adding:
Totally gobsmacked by @SAYaward gobsmackagé last night. 100% didn't expect it. Massive thankUZ 4all the lovely msgs pic.twitter.com/hLz6rTf5kZ
— Anna Meredith (@AnnaHMeredith) June 30, 2016
Read Complete Control, our Longread interview with Meredith about being a "puppet master".
Listen to Varmints below.
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