Foals singer Yannis Philippakis has expressed his joy at being nominated in the coveted Ivor Novello awards, describing the accolade as a 'really good feeling'.
The band’s 2010 track ‘Spanish Sahara’ has been nominated for ‘Best Song Musically and Lyrically’, competing with ‘Becoming a Jackal’ by Villagers and ‘MY KZ, UR BF’ by Everything Everything.
Speaking to Gigwise, Philippakis described his elation at being up for the award: “It’s a really great award because the title is Best Song Musically and Lyrically and not many awards really have that lyrical element. I definitely feel lyrics aren’t generally given enough credence, so this feels very good.”
He continued: “It’s also nice because you get nominated by your peers and other writers, rather than it being just some random industry people. It’s not a case of men in suits controlling everything.”
The 56th Ivor Novello Awards are set to take place at Grosvenor House hotel in London on May 19th. Other acts up for awards include Bombay Bicycle Club, Katy B, Plan B (who has been nominated in two categories), Tinie Tempah and The XX.
The Nominations for the 56th Ivor Novello Awards:
'Best Song Musically and Lyrically'
Villagers, 'Becoming a Jackal', written by O'Brien, published by Domino Publishing Company
Everything Everything, 'MY KZ, UR BF', written by Higgs, Pritchard, Robertshaw and Spearman, published by Universal Music Publishing
Foals, 'Spanish Sahara', written by Bevan, Congreave, Gervers, Philippakis and Smith, published by Universal Music Publishing
'Best Contemporary Song'
The XX, 'Islands', written by Croft, Qureshi, Sim and Smith, published by Universal
Katy B, 'Katy on a Mission', written by Benga, Katy B and Geeneus, published by EMI
Tinie Tempah, 'Pass Out', written by McKenzie, Okogwu and Williams, published by EMI / Stellar Songs Ltd
'Album Award'
Bombay Bicycle Club, Flaws, written by Jack Steadman, published by Imagem Music
Everything Everything, Man Alive, written by Higgs, Pritchard, Robertshaw and Spearman, published by Universal
Plan B, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, written by Benjamin Drew, published by Universal
'PRS for Music Most Performed Work'
Kylie Minogue, 'All the Lovers', written by Jim Eliot and Mima Stilwell, published by Sony / ATV
Plan B, 'She Said', written by Appapoulay, Cassell, Drew and Wright-Goss, published by Sony / ATV / Universal
Scouting For Girls, 'This Ain't A Love Song', written by Roy Stride, published by EMI
'Best Television Soundtrack'
Agatha Christie's Marple, Series V, composed by Dominik Scherrer, published by EMI
Any Human Heart, composed by Dan Jones, published by Faber / Universal
Going Postal, composed by John Lunn, published by SATV
'Best Original Film Score'
How To Train Your Dragon, composed by John Powell, published by BMG Chrysalis
Monsters, composed by Jon Hopkins, published by Domino / Vertigo
Unstoppable, composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, published by EMI
'Best Original Video Game Score'
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, composed by Nitin Sawhney, developed by Ninja Theory, published by Namco Bandai Games SAS
James Bond 007: Blood Stone, composed by Richard Jaques, developed by Bizarre Creations, published by Activision
Napoleon: Total War, composed by Beddow, Birdsall and Livingstone, developed by The Creative Assembly, published by SEGA
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