The long list of Polaris Music Prize 2022 includes albums by Montreal experimental group Chiiild, DJ-rapper-producer myst milano and indie duo Anishnaabe Ombiigizi.
The $ 50,000 annual prize goes to an artist who has created the Canadian album of the year, a distinction determined by an independent jury made up of members of the music media.
In 2021, rapper Cadence Weapon took home the award, which was first awarded in 2006. Four previous winners appear on this year’s long list: Backxwash (2020), Haviah Mighty (2019), Tanya Tagaq 2014) and Arcade Fire (2011).
The 197-member jury considers musical works regardless of commercial performance or musical genre, and this year, they have reviewed 223 albums. A good handful of these people will be chosen to be part of the Grand Jury that decides the final winner.
A list of 10 albums will be released on Thursday, July 14th, with the winning album unveiled on September 19th by CBC Music. Albums released between May 1, 2021, and May 31, 2022 were eligible for this year’s award.
See the full Long list of 40 albumspresented by the Canada Council for the Arts:
Prospect, AHI
We, Arcade Fire
I’m buried here with my rings and my dresses, Backxwash
Talk Memory, BADBADNOTGOOD
Aubades, Jean-Michel Blais
The Garden, Basia Bulat
Papillon de Nuit: The moth, Tanika Charles
Hope for sale, Chiiild
Labyrinthitis, Destroyer
I thought of you, Julie Doiron
Take yourself to a convent of nuns, the Garrys
One more Saturday night, The Halluci Nation
Alegre Alegre, Alegre Alegre
When the flowers bloom, Adria Kain
Since then, Lydia Képinski
Joseph Louis and the paradox of love, Pierre Kwenders
one hand behind the wheel the other sewing a garden, Ada Lea
Disco talk, Lisa LeBlanc
PHOTO OF HIM: Live music, Hubert Lenoir
Duality, Luna Li
Crash, The Praises
soft thing, LOONY
Waves, Kelly McMichael
Untouchable Album, Men I Trust
Bag, Haviah Mighty
Shapeshyfter, myst milano.
Hang Time, Cedric Noel
Sew together, Ombiigizi
Bronco, Orville Peck
Frame of a fauna, Ouri
A man and his piano, P’tit Belliveau
THE DISASSEMBLY OF PUPTHEBAND, PUP
The fool, SATE
TAO, Shad
Communion, Sister Ray
Life After, Snotty Nose Rez Kids
From Capelton Hill, Stars
Languages, Tanya Tagaq
Dawn FM, The Weeknd
Alpha, Charlotte Day Wilson