Vance Joy, The Preatures, The Drones Up For APRA Song Of The Year

Vance Joy, The Preatures, The Drones, Birds Of Tokyo and Matt Corby are in contention for the peer-voted Song Of The Year APRA Award after the nominations were revealed today.

The five artists all have songs in the peak category for Awards, which will take place in Brisbane late June. Vance Joy has picked up four nominations in total, with nods in the Breakthrough, Most Played and Pop categories, as have Birds Of Tokyo who also have presences in Most Played and Rock Work (with Lanterns and When The Night Falls Quiet).

Artists who are picking up their first APRA nominations include Flume, The Preatures, The Drones, Sheppard, Chelsea Basham and Melbourne Ska Orchetsra.

Today The Preatures' vocalist Isabella Manfredi told theMusic.com.au their first APRA Award nomination felt “great”. “It's just really cool to be among the cohort,” she said.

Their single Is This How You Feel? has been a smash hit for the band, landing them on festivals like Coachella and TV spots like Jimmy Kimmel. “I don't think any of us expected so many people to have the reaction to this that they did,” she said.

“It feels like a nice chapter close, because we're just finishing the record at the moment… we've been able to build the record around Is This How You Feel? and give it lots of friends.”

The full list of nominations – and their publishers – are below:

SONG OF THE YEAR

A Moat You Can Stand In – The Drones
Stephen Hesketh/ Fiona Kitchin/Gareth Liddiard/Dan Luscombe/Mike Noga
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Is This How You Feel – The Preatures
Thomas Champion/Luke Davison/Isabella Manfredi/Jack Moffitt
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Resolution – Matt Corby
Matt Corby/Dominic Salole (GEMA)*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd/ Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG*

Riptide – Vance Joy
James Keogh
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

James Keogh (Vance Joy)
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing

Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield (Jagwar Ma)
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L

Kylie Sackley
Publishers: Fable Music Pty Ltd obo Steel Wheels Music

Louis Schoorl
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss and Naomi Saalfield (Hiatus Kaiyote)

MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK

Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
Jay Bovino/Amy Sheppard/George Sheppard

Resolution – Matt Corby
Matt Corby/Dominic Salole (GEMA)*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd/ Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG*

Riptide – Vance Joy
James Keogh
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing

You – Nathaniel
Anthony Egizii/David Musumeci/Nathaniel Willemse*
Publishers: EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/ Sony/ATV Music Publ Allegro (Aust) P/L*

COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR

Be With You Tonight – O'Shea
Tim Nichols/Jay O'Shea/Mark O'Shea*
Publisher: J.Albert & Son Pty Limited*

Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan
Colin Buchanan/Lee Kernaghan/Garth Porter*
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd/Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd*

Thank You Angels – O'Shea
Jay O'Shea/Mark O'Shea*/ Matthew Scullion^
Publishers: J.Albert & Son Pty Limited*/Piney Range Publishing Pty Ltd^

The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory – The Wolfe Brothers
Nicholas Wolfe
Publisher: Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd

I Learned The Hard Way – Chelsea Basham
Chelsea Basham

BLUES AND ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR

Avenger – The Bamboos
Lance Ferguson* and Ella Thompson
Publishers: Perfect Pitch Publishing Pty Ltd obo Full Thought Publishing*

Get You Out of Here – Busby Marou
Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L

Luck – Busby Marou
Thomas Busby and Don Walker
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L

Lygon Street Meltdown – Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Nicholas Caruana* and Barry Deenick
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd*

Only One – John Butler Trio
John Butler
Publisher: Family Music Pty Ltd

DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR

Alive - Empire Of The Sun
Steven Bach (ASCAP)/Nick Littlemore*/Peter Mayes^/Jonathan Sloan`/Luke Steele#
Publishers: Bach to Bach Music/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Solola Ltd*/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Chenfeld Ltd^/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Downtown Music Publishing`/ Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L#

Bring It Back – Will Sparks & Joel Fletcher
Joel Fletcher* and Will Sparks
Publisher: 120 Publishing Pty Ltd*

Holdin On – Flume
Flume/Otis Redding (BMI)*
Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Future Classic Pty Ltd and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Verse Music Group LLC/Essex Music Australia Pty Ltd obo Irving Music*

Promises – The Presets
Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd

Saved In A Bottle – The Potbelleez
David Greene/Ilan Kidron/Erik Lewander (STIM)*/Jonathan Murphy
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo MCDJ Music/Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo The Kennel AB*

ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR

Battleships – Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia

Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

Southern Sun – Boy & Bear
Killian Gavin/Jonathon Hart/Timothy Hart/David Hosking
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L

Tell Me How It Ends – Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning and Joey Waronker (BMI)*
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Platinum Songs*

When The Night Falls Quiet – Birds Of Tokyo
Ian Berney/Ian Kenny/Glenn Sarangapany/Adam Spark/Adam Weston
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

POP WORK OF THE YEAR

Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
Writers: Jay Bovino/Amy Sheppard/George Sheppard

Resolution – Matt Corby
Matt Corby/Dominic Salole (GEMA)*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd/Warner/Chappell Music Australia obo Heavy Sheet Music and Hanseatic Musikverlag GMBH & Co KG*

Riptide – Vance Joy
James Keogh
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing

What You've Done To Me – Samantha Jade
Tania Doko/Anthony Egizii*/Jorgen Elofsson (STIM)^/David Musumeci*
Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Ted Company Pty/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd*/Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia obo Idas Songs^

You – Nathaniel
Anthony Egizii/David Musumeci/Nathaniel Willemse*
Publishers: EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publ Allegro (Aust) P/L*

URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR

Act Your Age – Bliss N Eso featuring Bluejuice
Alexander Burnett/Jamie Cibej*/Jerry Craib*/James Hauptmann*/Max MacKinnon^/Jonathan Notley^/Jacob Stone*/Stavros Yiannoukas*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo Ivy League Music Pty Ltd/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Bluejuice Music Group Pty Limited*/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd^

House Of Dreams – Bliss N Eso
M-Phazes/Max MacKinnon/Jonathan Notley
Publisher: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

On And On – Illy
Illy/Jan Skubiszewski*
Publishers: Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd*

Run Alone – 360
Kaelyn Behr (Styalz Fuego)/Matthew Colwell (360)*
Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L /Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd*

Youngbloods – Illy
Illy/M-Phazes*/Joel Birch^/Troy Brady^/Ryan Burt^/Ahren Stringer^
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo WAU Publishing/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd*/Native Tongue Music Publishing^

INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR

Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
Clifford Harris (ASCAP)/Robin Thicke (ASCAP)*/Pharrell Williams (ASCAP)^
Publishers: Deyjah's Daddy Muzik/ Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo I Like 'Em Thicke Music*/EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo More Water from Nazareth Publishing^

Can't Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
Ben Haggerty (BMI)/Ryan Lewis (BMI)*
Publishers: Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Macklemore Publishing/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Ryan Lewis Publishing*

Don't You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
Axel Hedfors (STIM)/Sebastian Ingrosso (STIM)/Fragogiannis Josefsson (PRS)*/Martin Lindstrom (STIM)^/Michel Zitron (STIM)`
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Music Publishing AB/ Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Sony ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Universal Music Publishing AB*/Kobalt Music Publishing Australia P/L obo Lateral MGMT London Stockholm AB^/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd obo BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia AB`

Let Her Go – Passenger
Michael Rosenberg (PRS)
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd

Pompeii – Bastille
Daniel Smith (PRS)
Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo WWKD LTD