Home Front, Ora Cogan, No Joy, Angine de Poitrine on 2026 Polaris Prize long list
The 2026 Polaris Prize long list has been announced. A total of 40 albums are in contention in the first round of nomination for the prize, which honors the best Canadian album of the year, as determined by a panel of more than 200 critics, curators and broadcasters. Among the nominees are a number of Treble favorites, including Home Front’s Watch It Die, Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Laughter in Summer, Ora Cogan’s Hard Hearted Woman, No Joy’s Bugland, and Rochelle Jordan’s Through the Wall, as well as previous winners Tanya Tagaq and Kaytranada, plus Daphni, the house alias of Dan Snaith, who won for Caribou’s Andorra in 2008. One of Canada’s buzziest bands of the moment, Angine de Poitrine, is also on the list, in addition to several veteran artists such as Peaches, Holy Fuck and Propagandhi. See the full list below.
The albums short list will be revealed on July 9.
Ora Cogan’s Hard Hearted Woman is featured on our list of the best albums of 2026 so far.
Polaris Prize 2026 longlist:
Angine de Poitrine – Vol. II
Baby Nova – Shhugar
The Beaches – No Hard Feelings
Begonia – Fantasy Life
Bibi Club – Amaro
Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives
Mariel Buckley – Strange Trip Ahead
Lou-Adriane Cassidy – Triste animal
Ora Cogan – Hard Hearted Woman
Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got
Charlotte Cornfield – Hurts Like Hell
Daphni – Butterfly
Nadah El Shazly – Laini Tani
Dominique Fils-Aimé – My World Is the Sun
Foxwarren – 2
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Laughter in Summer
Holy Fuck – Event Beat
Home Front – Watch It Die
Rochelle Jordan – Through the Wall
Kaytranada – AIN’T NO DAMN WAY
Catherine Leduc – Les jours où il neige à tous les postes
Les Louanges – Alouette!
Men I Trust – Equus Caballus
NARCY and Buddha Blaze – NO SMOKING ALLOWED
Tami Neilson – Neon Cowgirl
No Joy – Bugland
Peaches – No Lube So Rude
PONY – Clearly Cursed
Propagandhi – At Peace
PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Julianna Riolino – Echo In The Dust
Shad – Start Anew
Slash Need – SIT & GRIN
Arielle Soucy – Passages
TOBi – For Good Measure (at Dreamhouse Studios)
Katie Tupper – Greyhound
Charlotte Day Wilson – Patchwork
Jay Wood – LEO NEGRO
