APRA has announced the five finalists in line for the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Award, the 50th edition of the New Zealand peer-voted music award.
Kiwi star Lorde is a finalist this year for 'Yellow Flicker Beat', which she wrote alongside co-writer and producer Joel Little. In 2013 the duo won the Silver Scroll for 'Royals' and last year Little was a finalist for his work with Broods.
Portland-based brothers Ruban and Kody Nielson are also finalists with 'Multi-Love'. This is the second time electronic psych-funk band Unknown Mortal Orchestra have made the top 5, after being a 2011 finalist with 'Ffunny Ffrends'.
Newcomers on the list are Marlon Williams with 'Dark Child', which he co-wrote with fellow expat New Zealand songwriter Tim Moore, urban storyteller Anthonie Tonnon with 'Water Underground' and indie-folk songwriter Mel Parsons with 'Get Out Alive'.
"These five songs illustrate everything great about our music right now – diverse, original and assured," says APRA spokesman Anthony Healey. "We are extremely proud to be celebrating songs of such quality on the 50th anniversary of the award."
The Silver Scroll is widely considered the most important music award in the New Zealand music industry. First presented in 1965, the finalists are determined by the votes of APRA members – over 10,000 songwriters and composers.
The 'Lost Scroll' of 1981 will also be presented, and guitarist and songwriter Bill Sevesi will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
The five songs in line for the 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Award are:
The five finalists for the 1981 APRA Silver Scroll Award are:
The APRA Silver Scroll Awards will be held at Vector Arena in Auckland on Thursday, September 17.
The awards will be streamed live via www.95bfm.com and the APRA website: www.apraamcos.co.nz
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