Local favorites Mallcops are up for several awards at the upcoming 2020 Boston Music Awards.

Mallcops, Somerville’s own “emotional rockstars,” have been nominated in four categories for the 2020 Boston Music Awards. The nods include Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year, and Music Artwork of the Year. The awards ceremony has been celebrating rising stars in the Boston music scene since 1987. Past-winners include Donna Summer, Aerosmith, Boston, Shea Rose, Amanda Palmer, Phish, and James Taylor.

Mallcops’ nominations come after the release of their debut album We Made Plans to Self-Destruct and Return to the Stars earlier this year on Motelbrain Records and Deep Sea Records.

The rock quartet features Daniel Donovan, Tyler Graham, and Somerville natives Jimmy and Joey Del, sons of The Somerville Time’s columnist Jimmy Del Ponte.

Mallcops’ debut album We Made Plans to Self-Destruct and Return to the Stars.

Formed in 2014 as teenagers, the group has relied on social media and word-of-mouth to help them amass a worldwide fanbase and hundreds of thousands of streams.

Until COVID-19, Mallcops had been hard at work regularly performing across New England at underground basement shows, local rock-hotspots like The ONCE Lounge, and larger venues like The House Of Blues Boston and Brighton Music Hall, where they played a sold-out show last year opening for Floridan pop-punk band We The Kings. Mallcops has embarked on multiple self-booked North American tours, including a Canadian run.

They are joined this year by many other up-and-coming Boston musicians including Anjimile, Luke Bar$, Clairo, Cliff Notez, Saint Lyor, Red Shaydez, The Ballroom Thieves, and more.

Voting is open to the public via bostonmusicawards.com/vote, and runs until 11:59 p.m. (EST) on November 1. Winners will be announced virtually on December 11, with prohibitions on public gatherings still in effect due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

You can vote at www.bostonmusicawards.com/vote and listen to the new album from Mallcops at MallcopsMA.bandcamp.com.

Mallcops music is also  available on Spotify and Apple Music.