WAM unveils song of the year nominees

West Australia’s peak music association WAM this morning announced the nominees for its 17-category song of the year competition.

Scoring two each were Ben Matthews, Camarano, Farraday’s Cage, Flewnt, Jamilla, Pat Chow and The Hunting Birds.

Full list is at wam.org.au

This year drew 1,400 submissions, the largest response in recent history, WAM said, all running for a share in the $45,000 prize pool.

This year’s new sponsor additions have added to the prizes: the Freo-Social venue is offering free rehearsal space while O Heart Songwriters Club is offering four free memberships: two for the Grand Prize winner and one for each of the runners up.

Freo.Social is also where the WAM song of the year awards party is held (from 6 pm on Wednesday June 26) with sets from gloom pop two-piece Echo Adore, hip-hop MC Flewnt, indie rockers Pat Chow, Persian world fusion artist Tara Tiba, with Rhubarb Records DJs and host Odette Mercy.

Song of the year coordinator Claire Hodgson said, “Here at WAM HQ we’re excited to be shining a light on 100 tracks from West Australian songwriters and with so many incredible tracks featured in the nominations this year, song of the year continues to prove that the WA music scene is thriving!”