A Kingston band was nominated for a Juno award Tuesday, and it wasn’t The Tragically Hip.

The Glorious Sons — Jay and Brett Emmons, Andrew Young, Adam Paquette and Chris Huot — will be contending for best rock album of the year for their first full-length record, The Union, which was released in September.

The Glorious Sons, who toured with and opened for Airbourne and The Trews this past fall, will be up against albums released by The Arkells (High Noon), Big Wreck (Ghost), Sam Roberts Band (Lo-Fantasy) and Your Favorite Enemies (Between Illness and Migration).

Another nominee with a Kingston connection are Splash’N Boots, also known as Taes Leavitt and Nick Adams, who met and formed while studying at Queen’s University. Splash’N Boots are nominated for children’s album of the year for Happy Times.

The Juno awards will be presented March 15 in Hamilton.

— The Whig-Standard