Gruff Rhys’ ‘American Interior’ picks up music and book award nominations

Gruff Rhys’ multi-media extravaganza ‘American Interior’ is paying dividends. His LP/book/app/everything else under the sun project has been nominated for two awards.

As confirmed last night, ‘American Interior’ is up for the Independent Album of the Year at the AIM Independent Music Awards.

Meanwhile the album’s accompanying novel is nominated for the Guardian First Book Award as well as the Gordon Burn Prize.

‘American Interior’ came out via Turnstile earlier this year - recently Gruff unveiled the puppet-friendly video for ‘Liberty (Is Where We’ll Be)’. Watch that below.

Gruff Rhys plays the following UK dates:

AUGUST

15 Liverpool, Summercamp Festival

29 Llanwrst, Gwyl Gwydir Festival

30 End of the Road Festival

SEPTEMBER

04 Shetland, Mareel

05 Glasgow, ABC

06 Old Town Hall, Gateshead

10 Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music

11 Bristol, Woodlands Church

13 Wakefield, Long Division Festival

14 Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club

15 Birmingham, Glee Club

17 Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

18 Brighton, St. George’s Church

19 Ashford, St. Mary’s Church

20 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

21 Laugharne, The Dylan Weekend