WAYPOINTS #221
18/09/24
"SO I WENT FOR A WALK IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT"
FEATURING: XMAS HUMBUG, PICTISH TRAIL, CURTIS MILES, SARA WOLFF, L.T. LEIF, SAVAGE MANSION, AFTERLANDS, LIAM NEESON + MORE
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XMAS HUMBUG TIX ON SALE THIS SAT
Summer? We hardly even knew her! Warm up for the cold months by getting your early-bird tickets for Lost Map's festive all-dayer Christmas Humbug! at Summerhall, Edinburgh on Saturday, December 14. Like last year, we're dividing the day in two – all-ages in the afternoon, grown-ups only 7pm-'til-late. Seperate tickets available for either half or all day. Full line-up of bands and DJs TBA soon!
TIX ON SALE 10AM, SAT, SEP 21 FROM HOWLINFLING.COM
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PICTISH TRAIL'S FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS EP OUT NOW – UK TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK
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Bringing to mind low budget swords'n'scorcery epics such as Excalibur [1981], The Beastmaster [1982] and Krull [1983], the amazing new video for Pictish Trail's track 'Island Family' (Summer Redux) is a must watch for anyone with fond memories of VHS-era film classics starring a young Liam Neeson and/or Mark Fowler out of Eastenders. Directed by longtime friend of Lost Map James Hankins (who has also worked with the likes of Self Esteem, Tim Heidecker and Weyes Blood), it features James's nephew Ray Taylor-Hankins as some sort of forest-dwelling mystical sci-fi adventurer with a line in cool animal skull headgear. We're not really sure what any of it means, but it well suits the peaced-out pastoral-psychedelic strains of Pictish's song. We look forward to seeing Ray starring in a franchise of violent senior tough guy revenge movies and/or Eastenders soon.
'Island Family' (Summer Redux) is one of several reduxes from Pictish Trail's new EP Follow Footsteps, which is out now and selling fast on limited-edition 12" vinyl (available either direct from us, or from the list of shops below). Hailed for its "serenity" and "gentle magnificence" in a lovely review by Joyzine, the EP comprises a number of stripped-back reworkings of songs from Pictish's latest album Island Family, done in a dreamy-sweet softly trippy style together with a trio of musicians on cello, harp, keys etc. The same trio – Susan Bear, Semay Wu and Gillian Fleetwood – will be accompanying Pictish Trail on tour at a short run of very special dates starting next Wednesday, September 25 in Leeds. Scroll all the way down for the full list of dates, or click through for tickets here. Watch a really great fight scene from Krull and laugh at Liam Neeson's sideburns here.
A list of independent record shops where the Follow Footsteps EP is on sale now is as follows:
Applestump Records, Nantwich
Assai Records, Dundee / Edinburgh / Glasgow
Dreamhouse Records, London
Good Vibes, Edinburgh
Monorail, Glasgow
Music From Big Blue, Glasgow
Music’s Not Dead, Bexhill-On-Sea
Norman Records, Leeds
Piccadilly Records, Manchester
Raves From The Grave, Frome
Resident, Brighton
Rough Trade, London / Bristol / Nottingham
Some Great Reward, Glasgow
Thorne Records, Edinburgh
Underground Solu’shn, Edinburgh
VoxBox Records, Edinburgh
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INTRODUCING: CURTIS MILES
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Out of the kitchen straight into our affections, meet Lost Map's latest signing Curtis Miles – a purveyor of raggedy, lovelorn lo-fi country songs that'll break hearts like eggs and whip up bittersweet emotions like a fine meringue tart. His debut single 'European Muse' is out now as part of September's PostMap Club, have a listen here.
Raised in the deep south of Cornwall and now based in Glasgow, Curtis started making music with the punk project Yung KP (titled after his day job as a kitchen porter), releasing two EPs via underground label Fuzzkill Records, before going on to join the acclaimed Glasgow post-punk party band Kaputt, of which he remains a member. His solo songwriting has seen him revert to his first love of artists like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Band and Creedence Clearwater Revival. "In recent years, I’ve just found myself going country crazy," says Curtis, "as well as discovering old Cornish folk artists, Brenda Wootton being my favourite." We'll be releasing Curtis's home-cooked feast of a debut album What Could’ve Become Of later in 2024 – more updates to follow soon. |
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THE SEPTEMBER LOST MAP PODCAST
1) In a Lost Map podcast first Johnny'n'Laura record September's episode together IRL at Laura's flat.
2) What did Johnny do in Laura's bathroom? Tune in to find out.
3) Also feat. music from Afterlands, Sara Wolff and Curtis Miles and an in-depth chat with Pictish Trail.
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AFTERLANDS SAY AWARD NOMINATION
1) We Are The Animals in the Night, the debut album by Afterlands, is longlisted for the Scottish Album of the Year Award 🏴
2) Congratulations, Afterlands!
3) Buy your copy on limited-editon 12" vinyl now before it wins the SAY and we fiendishly put the price up 😏
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NEW MUSIC
FROM L.T. LEIF
1) Good grief, it's new L.T. Leif 🌈
2) Deluxe LP/CD reissue of their acclaimed debut album Come Back To Me, But Lightly out now w/ CD bonus EP of previously unreleased tracks titled Reflected, Reflected.
3) Try b4 u buy with a wee stream of the electro banging 'Into The Air'.
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SEPTEMBER POSTMAP CLUB
FEAT. SARA WOLFF + SAVAGE MANSION
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Originally from Norway but now based in Liverpool, Sara Wolff is a storyteller weaving together elements of indie-folk, prog rock and art-pop with analogue warmth. Her second single for yer old pals Lost Map is the moodily prismatic ‘Lost In Your Neighbourhood’ – “a song about time’s healing powers, nettle picking and self-assurance” says Sara. Like her previous single the softly psychedelic ‘Is It True’, it was recorded in Margate with Mercury Prize winning wonk-folk musician Mike Lindsay, best known from his acclaimed bands Tunng and LUMP (with Laura Marling). It’s released as part of Lost Map’s PostMap Club subscription service in September, as well as available to stream and share on digital platforms now. Sara's playing live around the UK over the next few weeks, including tonight (Wednesday) in Liverpool – scroll down for full dates.
Elsewhere in the PostMap Club party bag this September, it's the maybe-possibly-could-be final single in some time from Savage Mansion, as the band tease their last shows "for a while" next month – a pair of back-to-back dates at the Hug and Pint in Glasgow, October 24-25 that promise to be v emotional. If 'Total Colombia', the standout track from their latest album The Shakes, is to be the SavMen's sign-off for the foreseeable then it is an Extremely Rocking Sign-Off™, replete with a donking dub remix by DJ Haircut, AKA the band's keyboardist Adam Forbes. Watch the video for 'Total Colombia' here.
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Also included in this month's PostMap Club:
Curtis Miles – 'European Muse'
Addictive debut single from Lost Map's lo-fi country rockin' brand new signing, also of Kaputt / Yung KP.
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A round-up of the three PostMap Club membership tiers and their respective prices and benefits is as follows below – new members note that you will receive a bumper double pack of postcards in your first installment, also including NEXT MONTH'S postcards.
REGULAR BREW
£3 + postage, per month
- Postcards! At least two collectible PostMap postcards sent to your door at the end of every month – each containing download codes for a mixture of brand new music on Lost Map, alongside a random selection from our archives. When you sign up you'll also receive the previous month's postcards, completely free.
- Badge! Plus a new badge for every year of your subscription.
- CD! All new physical members get the free double CD Ten Years Of Lost Map included with their first mailout.
- Monthly newsletter! Containing hot goss / farmyard sh*te.
- Discounts! On other Lost Map releases, merchandise, gigs.
- Feelgood glow! Help support an independent record label.
GOLD BLEND
£5 + postage, per month
- All of the above except with a bigger badge.
CLUB BISCUIT
£10 + postage, per month
- All of the above except with an EVEN BIGGER badge.
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THE LOST MAP GIGS'N'TOURS MEGAMIX
AFTERLANDS LIVE:
SAT, SEP 28 @ KING’S PLACE, LONDON
(SUPPORTING PICTISH TRAIL)
TUE, NOV 26 @ TOLBOOTH, STIRLING (w/ JILL LOREAN)
WED, NOV 27 @ HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW (w/ JILL LOREAN)
ALABASTER DEPLUME LIVE:
WED, OCT 2 @ LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL, LLANDAFF, GB
THU, SEP 12 @ JAZZIT CLUB, SALZBURG, AT
SAT, OCT 5 @ CASTELO DE LEIRIA, LEIRIA, PT
SAT, OCT 19 @ YOUTH CULTURAL CENTRE, SKOPJE, MK
SAT, OCT 26 @ SANTERIA TOSCANA 31, MILANO, IT
SAT, NOV 2 @ THE MINOTAUR, VENDÔME, FR
THU, NOV 21 @ FLUC WANNE, VIENNA, AT
L.T. LEIF LIVE:
THU, OCT 3 @ THE DOUBLET, GLASGOW
(w/ LUCE MAWDSLEY AND CHRISSY BARNACLE) *
TUE, NOV 5 @ THE CENTRAL, GATESHEAD (w/ CINDY) **
THU, NOV 7 @ THE CATSTRAND, NEW GALLOWAY (w/ CHRYSANTHS) **
* = Solo show
** = Trio show
PICTISH TRAIL LIVE:
WED, SEP 25 @ THE LENDING ROOM, LEEDS *
THU, SEP 26 @ COMMON GROUND, OXFORD *
FRI, SEP 27 @ GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON *
SAT, SEP 28 @ KING'S PLACE, LONDON (w/ AFTERLANDS) *
SUN, SEP 29 @ THE PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD (SOLO)
MON, SEP 30 @ THE ENGINE ROOM, NORTH SHIELDS (SOLO)
FRI, OCT 4 @ LEITH FRANKLIN ACADEMICAL BEIGE CRICKET CLUB,
EDINBURGH (w/ SPECIAL GUESTS TBA) [SOLD OUT] *
SAT, OCT 5 @ COMMUNITY HALL, EAST LINTON *
SAT, OCT 26-SUN OCT 27 @ BOIA FESTIVAL, ST DAVID’S, WALES (w/ ROZI PLAIN, SEAMUS FOGARTY, SARA WOLFF)
FRI, OCT 25 @ THE CROWN HOTEL, NANTWICH (SOLO)
* = Special stripped-back shows, accompanied by Semay Wu on cello, Gillian Fleetwood on harp, and Susan Bear on keys/bass
SARA WOLFF LIVE:
WED, SEP 18 @ KAZIMIER STOCKROOM, LIVERPOOL
(w/ ANDREW WASYLYK & TOMMY PERMAN)
THU, SEP 26 @ COMMON GROUND, OXFORD (w/ PICTISH TRAIL)
FRI, SEP 27 @ CAFE KINO, BRISTOL (w/ LORCÀN)
FRI, OCT 25-SUN OCT 27 @ BOIA FESTIVAL, ST DAVID’S, WALES (w/ PICTISH TRAIL, ROZI PLAIN, SEAMUS FOGARTY)
SAVAGE MANSION LIVE:
THU, OCT 17-SAT, OCT 19 @ LEFT OF THE DIAL FESTIVAL, ROTTERDAM, NL
THU, OCT 24 @ HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW (w/ DANCER + SUSAN BEAR)
FRI, OCT 25 @ HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW (w/ HOUND + COME OUTSIDE)
SEAMUS FOGARTY:
SAT, OCT 26-SUN OCT 27 @ BOIA FESTIVAL, ST DAVID’S, WALES (w/ PICTISH TRAIL, ROZI PLAIN, SARA WOLFF)
SULKA LIVE:
SAT, SEP 21 @ GLAD CAFE, GLASGOW
(DISTRACTIONS ONE-YEAR RELEASE PARTY) [TICKETS]
SUSAN BEAR LIVE:
THU, OCT 24 @ HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW (w/ SAVAGE MANSION + DANCER)
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