WAYPOINTS #149
26/11/19
"EVERYONE DIVIDES THEMSELVES"
FEAT: PICTISH TRAIL, CLÉMENTINE MARCH, KID CANAVERAL'S XMAS BAUBLES, STARZ IN THEIR EYES, CHARLIE SHEEN
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR PICTISH TRAIL'S
BIGGEST EVER HEADLINE TOUR
WATCH + SHARE THE LYRIC VIDEO
FOR NEW TRACK 'BAD ALGEBRA' NOW:
youtu.be/snUvGH-5m7w
PRE-ORDER PICTISH TRAIL'S NEW ALBUM THUMB WORLD
RELEASED FEBRUARY 21, 2020:
fire-records.lnk.to/PT_ThumbWorld
Save perhaps for seminal action movie classic Navy Seals (1990) and that time when he was spotted with a prostitute in a 24-hour shop in Glasgow buying biscuits and crack-smoking paraphernalia (1997), actor Charlie Sheen's finest moment is without a doubt his cameo in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). Specifically the bit when Ferris's sister angrily suggests to him "why don't you put your thumb up your butt?" and Sheen casually extends a ponderous thumb, as if to wordlessly reply, " good suggestion, may give it a go."
Now, we're not about to imply that Pictish Trail's Thumb World was conceived in quite such a way – after all, our Johnny never sticks anything even so innocent as a fat digit up an orifice without it first being safely sheathed. But certainly his excellent new album was born of a similar spirit and energy of humorous nonchalance, mild perversion and zest for life and drugs and biscuits (mainly biscuits) as Sheen's. See for yourself, when Johnny takes the whole thing "on the road" next year, on his biggest ever headline tour. In March and April 2020, our Pictish will rock the boabie clean off of towns and cities from Birmingham to Hebden Bridge, Newcastle and Dundee, dropping classics past and future as casually as Charlie Sheen once dropped a grand in Easterhouse on a bag of dubious white powder. Don't like the sound of that? Then why don't you put your thumb up your butt?
PICTISH TRAIL LIVE:
WED, NOV 27 @ DUBLIN, WHELAN'S (SUPPORTING STEVE MASON)
THU, NOV 28 @ BELFAST, EMPIRE MUSIC HALL (SUPPORTING STEVE MASON)
FRI, DEC 6 @ OLD CINEMA LAUNDRETTE, DURHAM [TICKETS]
SUN, DEC 8 @ SOUTH STREET READING [TICKETS]
MON, DEC 9 @ CAFÉ TOTEM, SHEFFIELD [TICKETS]
TUE, DEC 10 @ THE WHEATSHEAF, OXFORD [TICKETS]
WED, DEC 11 @ PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD [FREE]
FRI, DEC 13 @ RAMSGATE MUSIC HALL, RAMSGATE [TICKETS]
SAT, DEC 14 @ DAYLIGHT MUSIC, YULETIDE IN A SCOTCH SITTING ROOM
(MATINEE, w/ CALLUM EASTER)
SAT, DEC 14 @ FIRE RECORDS SHOWCASE, STUDIO 9294, LONDON (EVENING SHOW w/ VANISHING TWIN, FENELLA, DEATH AND VANILLA) [TICKETS]
SUN, DEC 15 @ LOST MAP SHOWCASE, THE LEXINGTON, LONDON (w/ CLEMENTINE MARCH, SAVAGE MANSION, CALLUM EASTER) [TICKETS]
FRI, JAN 17 @ CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SAINT LUKE'S, GLASGOW (w/ ROZI PLAIN) [TICKETS]
PICTISH TRAIL MARCH/APRIL HEADLINE TOUR:
TUE, MAR 24 @ HARE & HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM [TICKETS]
WED, MAR 25 @ BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD [TICKETS]
THU, MAR 26 @ CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF [TICKETS]
FRI, MAR 27 @ LOUISIANA, BRISTOL [TICKETS]
SAT, MAR 28 @ OMEARA, LONDON [TICKETS]
SUN, MAR 29 @ THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON [TICKETS]
TUE, MAR 31 @ BODEGA, NOTTINGHAM [TICKETS]
WED, APR 1 @ TRADES CLUB, HEBDEN BRIDGE [TICKETS]
THU, APR 2 @ CLUNY 2, NEWCASTLE [TICKETS]
FRI, APR 3 @ GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER [TICKETS]
SAT, APR 4 @ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS [TICKETS]
THU, APR 9 @ TOLLBOOTH, STIRLING [TICKETS]
FRI, APR 10 @ BEAT GENERATOR, DUNDEE [TICKETS]
SAT, APR 11 @ QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH [TICKETS]
SUN, APR 12 @ LEMON TREE, ABERDEEN [TICKETS]
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MEET CLÉMENTINE MARCH
DEBUT ALBUM LE CONTINENT COMING JANUARY 2020
The Lost Map family has grown once again with the birth of our beautiful daughter Clémentine March. Who confusingly is not a baby but in fact a fully-grown adult, and even more confusingly, is also French. There may have been a mix-up at the hospital but whatever, we're keeping her!
Clémentine is a London-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whom you may recognise from her work playing live (mainly on bass) with several other artists in the Lost Map-o-sphere including Rozi Plain, Alabaster dePlume, Bamboo, Bas Jan and loads of others. We'll be releasing her eclectic, charming and truly cosmopolitan debut album Le Continent in January 2020. It’s preceded by the release of the title track as a PostMap postcard single this month, which Clémentine describes as “a personal account of a traveller who is trying to find her way everywhere in the world… melted with that strange spirit of the times we’re living." Phil MFU from the band Vanishing Twin contributes an organ part and an improvised freakout section in the middle of the song – while Cathy Lucas, also of Vanishing Twin, contributes a remix of ‘Le Continent’ exclusive to the postcard release. Also featured exclusively on the postcard is a cover of ‘Rêve Rêve Rêve’, a 1943 Tin Pan Alley standard by Johnny Mercer, re-written with personalised French lyrics.
Clémentine characterises herself as “an alt-rock teenager from the 90s,” yet one who studied classical guitar from a young age, and followed her love of Vila Lobos, Caetano Veloso and more to Brazil for two years in her twenties, where she became immersed in choro, samba and traditional Brazilian genres. Sung in four languages – English, French, Portuguese and Spanish – and influenced by everything from Nirvana to Milton Nascimento, Clémentine’s melodically idiosyncratic and joyfully wild music knows no borders. Tres bien! (Translation: ).
CLÉMENTINE MARCH LIVE:
SUN, DEC 15 @ LOST MAP SHOWCASE, THE LEXINGTON, LONDON (w/ PICTISH TRAIL, SAVAGE MANSION, CALLUM EASTER) [TICKETS]
SAT, DEC 21 @ KID CANAVERAL’S CHRISTMAS BAUBLES, EDINBURGH
FRI, JAN 10 @ RIVER STUDIOS, LONDON [w/ BÉGAYER]
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KID CANAVERAL'S XMAS BAUBLES X: SELT OOT!
That's right: SELT, OOT (translation: sold out). With the announcement of just three bands so far – including Embra indie-pop cult heroes Ballboy making a triumphant Baubles return, plus Irish singer-songwriter Junior Brother and our very own Clémentine March (who you've just met) – tickets have flown out the door faster than Tory campaign literature flies down the toilet. Thanks, guys! If you missed out then don't despair – there's another Lost Map-related seasonal extravaganza to look forward to...
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🤩 STARZ IN THEIR EYES TIX: ON SALE NOW! 🤩
FRI, DEC 20 @ SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH, £10
lostmap.com/tickets/starz-in-their-eyez
- Do you like it when bands pretend to be other bands?
- Do you like helping right-on causes like Shelter Scotland and Extinction Rebellion?
- Is Matthew Kelly still the man of your dreams/nightmares?
- Then come to Starz
- 🤩 🤩 🤩
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GRASSCOURT: 'SENSE TO ME'
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NOVEMBER POSTMAP CLUB:
(HELLO) CLÉMENTINE MARCH (FAREWELL) GRASSCOURT
Such is the strict revolving door policy here at Lost Map that no sooner has Clémentine March joined the label roster than we have killed Grasscourt dead and buried them under the patio. Just kidding! We actually threw the bodies in the sea. STILL JUST KIDDING! They are however bidding us farewell, sadly (and non-violently). With the release of the Connect Part III EP, as part of this month's PostMap Club subscription service – watch the video for 'Sense To Me' above – Stroud's finest 360° makers of kaleidoscopic electro-acoustic audio-visual wonderment have declared the project "complete", and thus are away to put their feet up and live forever and ever more off of the vast riches and rewards their involvement with Lost Map has brought them. Or at least as long as a Spar own-brand packet of bourbon creams will last.
“The Connect Part III EP marks the end of the Grasscourt journey," says Matt. "What started life as a chance encounter and the briefest idea of a collaboration, has ended life as a collection of work that we are both extremely proud of, with this final part of the puzzle enabling us to bow out on a high." We're not crying, you're crying.
“Working with Matt on all things Grasscourt – the Connect EPs, the videos that we made (sometimes with budgets of upwards of £47!) and the live shows that we played – are a source of immense pride for me," adds Tom. "HUGE thanks to Lost Map for putting out the EP’s and all their support and encouragement.” Okay fine we are crying.
Farewell to the very fine Grasscourt! To whom we shall now pay stirring tribute... with a regular reminder of the full benefits of being in the Post Map Club:
REGULAR BREW
(£3 + postage, per month)
WHAT YOU GET:
- Postcards (obvs)! At least two collectible Post Map 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
- Badge! Plus a new badge for every year of your subscription
- Monthly newsletter! Containing hot goss / farmyard shite
- Discounts! On other Lost Map releases, merchandise and gigs
- Feelgood glow! Help support a plucky young independent record label go about its merry business
GOLD BLEND
(£5 + postage, per month)
WHAT YOU GET:
- All of the above except a bigger badge
- Spar own-brand bourbon cream (single biscuit, cellophane wrapped)
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THE LOST MAP GIGS'N'TOURS MEGAMIX
CALLUM EASTER LIVE:
FRI, NOV 29 @ STIRLING CREATIVE HUB, STIRLING
SAT, DEC 14 @ DAYLIGHT MUSIC, YULETIDE IN A SCOTCH SITTING ROOM
(MATINEE, w/ PICTISH TRAIL)
SUN, DEC 15 @ LOST MAP SHOWCASE, THE LEXINGTON, LONDON (w/ CLEMENTINE MARCH, SAVAGE MANSION, PICTISH TRAIL) [TICKETS]
FRI, DEC 20 @ NEU! REEKIE! PRESENTS: A FAIRYTALE OF LEITH, ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, LEITH, EDINBURGH
ED DOWIE LIVE:
FRI, JAN 10 @ AU CAFE DU PARIS, FRANCE
SUN, JAN 12 @ CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF
FIRESTATIONS:
MON, NOV 25 @ RICH MIX, LONDON (w/ W.H LUNG)
MARTHA FFION LIVE:
SAT, DEC 21 @ THE GLAD CAFE, GLASGOW (w/ EMMA POLLOCK)
MOLLY LINEN LIVE:
SAT, JAN 18 @ CELTIC CONNECTIONS, THE HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW [TICKETS]
ROZI PLAIN LIVE:
FRI, JAN 17 @ CELTIC CONNECTIONS, SAINT LUKE'S, GLASGOW
(w/ PICTISH TRAIL) [TICKETS]
SUN, JAN 26 @ THE HARE AND HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM
MON, JAN 27 @ ST MARY'S CREATIVE SPACE, CHESTER
TUE, JAN 28 @ THE PORTLAND ARMS, CAMBRIDGE
WED, JAN 29 @ THE TIN AT THE COAL VAULTS, COVENTRY
SAT, FEB 1 @ ELSEWHERE, MARGATE
SAT, FEB 29 @ EARTH, LONDON (SUPPORTING FIELD MUSIC)
THU, MAR 26 @ ST MARY'S CHURCH, TOTNES
FRI, MAR 27 @ MARINE THEATRE, LYME REGIS
SAVAGE MANSION LIVE:
SUN, DEC 15 @ LOST MAP SHOWCASE, THE LEXINGTON, LONDON (w/ CLEMENTINE MARCH, CALLUM EASTER, PICTISH TRAIL) [TICKETS]
VICTORIA HUME LIVE:
FRI, NOV 29 @ CANADA WATER THEATRE, LONDON (w/ FIREFLY BURNING)
CHARLIE SHEEN:
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