APRA Nominees Announced

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 are below:

SONG OF THE YEAR
A Moat You Can Stand In – The Drones
Is This How You Feel – The Preatures
Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Resolution – Matt Corby
Riptide – Vance Joy

BREAKTHROUGH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
James Keogh (Vance Joy)
Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield (Jagwar Ma)
Kylie Sackley
Louis Schoorl
Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss and Naomi Saalfield (Hiatus Kaiyote)

MOST PLAYED AUSTRALIAN WORK
Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
Resolution – Matt Corby
Riptide – Vance Joy
You – Nathaniel

COUNTRY WORK OF THE YEAR
Be With You Tonight – O'Shea
Flying With The King – Lee Kernaghan
Thank You Angels – O'Shea
The Girl, The Bottle, The Memory – The Wolfe Brothers
I Learned The Hard Way – Chelsea Basham

BLUES AND ROOTS WORK OF THE YEAR
Avenger – The Bamboos
Get You Out of Here – Busby Marou
Luck – Busby Marou
Lygon Street Meltdown – Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Only One – John Butler Trio

DANCE WORK OF THE YEAR
Alive - Empire Of The Sun
Bring It Back – Will Sparks & Joel Fletcher
Holdin On – Flume
Promises – The Presets
Saved In A Bottle – The Potbelleez

ROCK WORK OF THE YEAR
Battleships – Bernard Fanning
Lanterns – Birds Of Tokyo
Southern Sun – Boy & Bear
Tell Me How It Ends – Bernard Fanning
When The Night Falls Quiet – Birds Of Tokyo

POP WORK OF THE YEAR
Let Me Down Easy – Sheppard
Resolution – Matt Corby
Riptide – Vance Joy
What You've Done To Me – Samantha Jade
You – Nathaniel

URBAN WORK OF THE YEAR
Act Your Age – Bliss N Eso featuring Bluejuice
House Of Dreams – Bliss N Eso
On And On – Illy
Run Alone – 360
Youngbloods – Illy

INTERNATIONAL WORK OF THE YEAR
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
Can't Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
Don't You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
Let Her Go – Passenger
Pompeii – Bastille