The Polaris Prize Long List showcases the best Canadian albums of the year

The Polaris Music Prize has announced its annual Long List, a list of albums under consideration for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. 204 albums released between May 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021 were considered for the Long List by a jury of 199 Canadian music journalists and critics.

There are a number of Montreal artists on the list, including Charlotte Cardin, CFCF, Helena Deland, Russell Louder, Klô Pelgag, the Besnard Lakes, TEKE::TEKE and Thanya Iyer.

Here is the 2021 Long List:

Art Bergmann – Late Stage Empire Dementia
Bernice – Eau De Bonjourno
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings,
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – Theory of Ice
BIG|BRAVE – Vital
Cadence Weapon – Parallel World
Charlotte Cardin – Phoenix
CFCF – memoryland
Clairmont The Second – IT’S NOT HOW IT SOUNDS
Helena Deland – Someone New
DijahSB – Head Above The Waters
Kathleen Edwards – Total Freedom
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Three Little Words
Fiver with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition – Fiver with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition
Thanya Iyer – KIND
Yves Jarvis – Sundry Rock Song Stock
Rochelle Jordan – Play With the Changes
LAL – Meteors Could Come Down
Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun
Thierry Larose – Cantalou
Russell Louder – Humor
Elliot Maginot – Easy Morning
Mustafa – When Smoke Rises
Laura Niquay – Waska Matisiwin
Nyssa – Girls Like Me
The OBGMs – The Ends
Dorothea Paas – Anything Can’t Happen
Klô Pelgag – Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
Savannah Ré – Opia
Allison Russell – Outside Child
Julien Sagot – Sagot
Sargeant X Comrade – Magic Radio
Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Philadelphia
Yu Su – Yellow River Blue
Julian Taylor – The Ridge
TEKE::TEKE – Shirushi
TOBi – ELEMENTS Vol.1
Vagina Witchcraft – Vagina Witchcraft
The Weather Station – Ignorance
Zoon – Bleached Wavves

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— Polaris Music Prize (@PolarisPrize) June 15, 2021

The 10-album Short List will be revealed on July 15, while the $50,000 prize will be awarded in the fall — details (including whether or not there will be a gala this year) are to be determined.

Backxwash won the Polaris Music Prize last year.

For more on the Polaris Music Prize, please visit their website.

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