WAYPOINTS #189
19/01/22
"I MUST RESPECT THEIR RIGHT TO PRIVACY"
FEATURING: BAS JAN, PICTISH TRAIL, SAVAGE MANSION, ALABASTER DEPLUME, RINGO STARR + MORE
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Hello Happy New Year it's been a while you're looking well etc, but more importantly let's talk S-E-X. Our preferred nocturnal activity is of course lounging around in generously elasticated lounge pants, watching Nazi Megastructures surrounded by a mélange of high-end supermarket crisps, but as adults aged 18+ with a healthy internet connection, we are well aware that others prefer getting "up to it" / "down to it" / "in about it" with sometimes more than one (1>) other human at a time (amazing!!!?). It's just these sorts of right s*xy buggers whom Bas Jan sing about on their really amazing and catchy new single 'Sex Cult', which is out now via Lost Map's PostMap Club subscription service as well as all the usual digital places. A video directed and edited by Jack Barraclough premiered this morning and is also v v excellent.
"A group composition inspired by Tom Tom Club and dating apps," is how Serafina Steer from Bas Jan circumspectly describes 'Sex Cult', which is the latest single to be released from their forthcoming second album Baby U Know. Due for release on January 28, 2022 – and already the subject of rave reviews from both Uncut ("high art-pop on a low budget" 9/10) and Mojo ("deserves undivided attention" ★★★★) – it’s the follow-up to BJ's critically acclaimed 2018 debut album Yes I Jan. Bas Jan will support the release of Baby U Know with tour dates around the UK (see below for details). PostMap Club subscribers will get exclusive access to a special Bas Jan concert, livestreaming on Wednesday, February 9, from 8pm. Members will receive a secret link and password, and can join us in the chat room. Bring crisps and for goodness sake KEEP IT CLEAN.
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PICTISH TRAIL IS BACK FROM THE DEAD*
*Actually just a v v bad hangover
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It was while wandering dazed and alone across an Eigg hillside one morning in his bare feet, boiler suit mysteriously stained in all the telltale places, that Pictish Trail finally stopped with a sigh and asked himself: "but is it all actually worth it?" And after quickly concluding that it was, indeed, worth it, he nevertheless resolved to "do it a bit less", and there in that moment creative epiphany fell upon him like a can of warm Tennent's lager poured from heaven, and a song was born. 'In The Land Of The Dead' is available to stream and share now.
An eight-bit glitch-core reflection on island party excesses spasming into existential dread and regret, suitably accompanied by a funereal mariachi band, 'In The Land Of The Dead' is the latest single taken from Johnny's forthcoming fifth album Island Family, which will arrive on March 18, 2022 on limited-edition slime green vinyl, black vinyl, CD and digital platforms (pre-order now). You can watch a nice trippy lyric video for the song – in which our hero valiantly shaves his beard – at the link above, while cheerfully singing along to feelgood lyrics like "I'm sorrrrrryyyyy". Pictish Trail will tour the UK in March/April this year with support from Savage Mansion – see below for dates.
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LISTEN TO THE JANUARY LOST MAP PODCAST
1) New Year, new you! Same us. Still on our b*llshit. Sorry.
2) January edition of the Lost Map Podcast, out now, feat. a hangover-friendly megamix of deep cuts and hidden gems from the last year.
3) Also tasters of Jan PostMap Club and new SavMan + Bas Jan LPs.
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NEW POSTMAP CLUB BADGES FOR 2022
1) Don't just tell us you love us, show it – show the world! – by pinning one of our 2022 PostMap Club badges to your lapel / bag / underpants.
2) Yours, if you sign-up now (or if you've already signed-up)
3) "Wait what is 'PostMap Club'?" you ask. To which we say: "read on".
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JANUARY POSTMAP CLUB FEAT. SAVAGE MANSION
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A song about the myriad hypocrisies of the ruling classes told through the frame of modern professional sports with clanging Britpop guitars, 'Football Weather' is the new single from Savage Mansion and let us promise you this – you need enjoy neither "football" nor indeed "weather" to have a rockin' good time listening to it (money back guarantee).
Available now as part of Lost Map's PostMap Club subscription service in the month of January, as well as via digital services, it's the latest track to be previewed from Savage Mansion's tree-mendous forthcoming third album Golden Mountain, Here I Come, which is set for release on February 25, 2022 and available to pre-order now on LP/CD and digital formats. Fun fact: the titular "golden mountain", which appears on the album's cover, is Greendykes Bing near Broxburn, which, to be clear, has nothing to do with Microsoft Bing, Bing Crosby nor indeed the Bada Bing. Click here to watch and share an exclusive live performance by Savage Mansion of 'Football Weather', filmed for the New Colossus Festival in New York. Which, to be clear, is nowhere near Broxburn.
Also included in the January PostMap Club fun bag:
- Bas Jan: 'Sex Cult' – Inversely-romantic agit-pop from the Jans (see above). Includes an exclusive live track, 'All Forgotten', recorded at Café OTO in London. A reminder that PostMap Club members will received exclusive access to a special Bas Jan livestream on February 9.
- Pictish Trail: 'In The Land Of The Dead' – Partied-out psychedelic-electronic neurotica from the Trail (see above). Includes an exclusive acoustic version of his track ‘Island Family’ plus a remix of the same song by PRAH records-signed London sibling electronic duo Uh.
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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.
- 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
ALABASTER DEPLUME LIVE:
SAT, FEB 19 @ LEWES CON CLUB, LEWES
MAR 24-27 @ BIG EARS FESTIVAL, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, USA
BAS JAN LIVE:
FRI, FEB 25 @ COBALT STUDIOS, NEWCASTLE (w/ DANICA DARES)
SAT, FEB 26 @ COBALT STUDIOS, NEWCASTLE [MORNING SHOW]
MON, MAR 7 @ CAFE OTO, LONDON [BABY U KNOW ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW]
THU, MAR 10 @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, NORWICH (w/ SEFO KANUTEH)
FRI, MAR 11 @ THE HIVE, IPSWICH [MORNING SHOW]
SUN, MAR 20 @ THE ROSE HILL ARTS CENTRE, BRIGHTON
[AFTERNOON SHOW, DOORS 2.30PM]
THU, APR 7 @ SOUTH STREET ARTS CENTRE, READING
SAT, APR 9 @ THE CUBE, BRISTOL (w/ SLAPHEAP)
SUN, APR 10 @ FLORENCE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE, OXFORD (w/ ZAHRA HAJI FATH ALI TEHRANI) [AFTERNOON SHOW DOORS 2.30PM]
THU, APR 14 @ THE TALLEYRAND, MANCHESTER
FRI, APR 15 @ STEREO, GLASGOW (w/ SAVAGE MANSION)
CALLUM EASTER LIVE:
THU, FEB 3 @ SNEAKY PETE’S, EDINBURGH
SAT, FEB 5 @ BROADCAST, GLASGOW
FRI, APR 1 @ GOLDEN LION, TODMORDEN
SAT, APR 2 @ FAIR PLAY FESTIVAL, MANCHESTER
SUN, APR 3 @ THE RAINBOW CELLAR, BIRMINGHAM
MON, APR 4 @ JT SOAR, NOTTINGHAM
TUE, APR 5 @ PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD
WED, APR 6 @ THE SHACKLEWELL ARMS, LONDON
THU, APR 7 @ BARROW UNDERGROUND MUSIC SOCIETY, CUMBRIA
FRI, APR 8 @ WESTGARTH SOCIAL CLUB, MIDDLESBROUGH
CLÉMENTINE MARCH LIVE:
MON, MAR 21 @ THE LIBRARY, OXFORD*
TUE, MAR 22 @ ROUGH TRADE, NOTTINGHAM*
WED, MAR 23 @ FULFORD ARMS, YORK*
THU, MAR 24 @ BOBIK'S, NEWCASTLE*
FRI, MAR 25 @ THE OLD HAIRDRESSER'S, GLASGOW*
SAT, MAR 26 @ WILDERNESS RECORDS, MANCHESTER*
SUN, MAR 27 @ ROUGH TRADE, BRISTOL*
* = Co-headline show w/ Molly Linen
FIRESTATIONS LIVE:
FRI, JAN 21 @ PAPER DRESS VINTAGE, LONDON (w/ THE LEAF LIBRARY) [TICKETS]
HERBERT POWELL LIVE:
WED, JAN 26 @ BLOC+, GLASGOW (w/ DEATH BED)
MOLLY LINEN LIVE:
SAT, MAR 19 @ THE ROSSI BAR, BRIGHTON
SUN, MAR 20 @ FOLKLORE, LONDON
MON, MAR 21 @ THE LIBRARY, OXFORD*
TUE, MAR 22 @ ROUGH TRADE, NOTTINGHAM*
WED, MAR 23 @ FULFORD ARMS, YORK*
THU, MAR 24 @ BOBIK'S, NEWCASTLE*
FRI, MAR 25 @ THE OLD HAIRDRESSER'S, GLASGOW*
SAT, MAR 26 @ WILDERNESS RECORDS, MANCHESTER*
SUN, MAR 27 @ ROUGH TRADE, BRISTOL*
* = Co-headline show w/ Clémentine March
PICTISH TRAIL LIVE:
(TICKET LINKS FOR ALL SHOWS HERE)
TUE, MAR 22 @ THE HARE AND HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM, UK^
WED, MAR 23 @ BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD, UK^
THU, MAR 24 @ CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF, UK^
FRI, MAR 25 @ LOUISIANA, BRISTOL, UK^
SAT, MAR 26 @ OMEARA, LONDON, UK^
SUN, MAR 27 @ THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON, UK^
TUE, MAR 29 @ BODEGA, NOTTINGHAM, UK^
WED, MAR 30 @ TRADES CLUB, HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK^
THU, MAR 31 @ CLUNY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UK^
FRI, APR 1 @ GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER, UK^
SAT, APR 2 @ ST MARY'S CREATIVE SPACE, CHESTER, UK^
SUN, APR 3 @ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS, UK^
THU, APR 7 @ SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH, UK^
FRI, APR 8 @ BEAT GENERATOR, DUNDEE, UK^
SAT, APR 9 @ THE LEMON TREE, ABERDEEN, UK^
SUN, APR 10 @ THE TOLBOOTH, STIRLING, UK^
FRI, JUN 3, 2022 @ JUNCTION 1, GLASGOW, UK (SUPPORTING HOT CHIP)
^ = Supported by Savage Mansion
SAVAGE MANSION LIVE:
SEE ABOVE DATES AROUND UK SPRING 2022 w/ PICTISH TRAIL
FRI, APR 15 @ STEREO, GLASGOW (w/ BAS JAN)
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JOIN THE LOST MAP LOOP
1) Facebook is a social media website responsible for plummeting standards in public life, fake news, the decay of western civilization, and yer maw's new BF.
2) On the upside: the Lost Map Loop.
3) Join our Facegroup for music / gossip / scandalous innuendo.
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LISTEN TO THE WAYPOINTS PLAYLIST
1) ♫ They say it's your birthday
2) ♫ We're gonna have a good time
3) ♫ I'm glad it's your birthday
4) ♫ Happy birthday to you
Lyrics by the genius songwriters John Lennon / Paul McCartney
LISTEN
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