WAYPOINTS #210
19/10/23
"IN THE YOUTH THAT WAS"
FEATURING: XMAS HUMBUG, LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, SAVAGE MANSION, KINBOTE, ALEXIA AVINA, FIRESTATIONS, CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT + MORE
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LINE-UPS FOR XMAS HUMBUG: UNRWRAPPED
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Label legends, special guests, new discoveries and cult heroes awoken from long hibernation: Lost Map's Christmas Humbug! all-dayer has got the lot. It's all happening at Summerhall in Edinburgh on Saturday, December 16 and this year we're dividing the party into two. A family-friendly daytime show (free entry for under-12s) will last 1.30pm-5.30pm. Following a brief dinner break of perhaps a KFC Gravy Christmas Bucket™ or a smoked sausage in a bus shelter, there'll then be a family-unfriendly (sorry, kids) late show lasting from 7pm-1am. You can buy tickets seperately (£15 / £20 advance), or both together at an all-day price of £25. They're selling quick so don't f*ck about now.
Full line-ups as follows:
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SHOW ONE: 1.30PM-5.30PM
- eagleowl
- Seamus Fogarty
- Ichi
- Raveloe
+ Lost Map DJs 🧝♀️
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SHOW TWO: 7PM-1AM
- Free Love
- Memorials
- Lost Map Presents Weird Wave
- Islet
- Blind Yeo 🦌
- Sulka
+ Lost Map DJs 🧝♂️
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FIRESTATIONS' STILLNESS EP IS OUT NOW; SEE THEM LIVE IN YOUR TOWN
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The same song, seven different ways. Sounds boring as f*ck, admittedly, but we can assure you it's not. And we never lie. Okay fair enough maybe we lied when we said our dad is pals with Christopher Lambert from Highlander (1986) and one time he came over to play Playstation and even let us hold his big sword. Maybe we made that up. But everything else is true.
But about Lost Map's Hardest-Working Band™ Firestations' new EP Stillness which, like we say, is 100% good and 100% not boring. It's an appendage of sorts to the London dream-pop band's critically-acclaimed album Thick Terrain, which we released earlier this year, and it further documents Firestations’ restless approach to finding fresh perspectives on their work (see too their excellent Automatic Tendencies project from a few years back). Additional to the album version of the Thick Terrain track ‘Stillness’ it features six separate remixes/reworkings of the same song, four between them by fellow sonic explorers Sulk Rooms, Arvo Party and The Analog Girl, plus another two by Firestations. All of which in contrasting ways speak to the mesmeric heart of the original. The full EP is available now via Lost Map’s PostMap Club subscription service, and you can also stream Sulk Rooms AKA Thomas Ragsdale’s remix of ‘Stillness’ now – an enchanting daydream inspired by Daniel Avery’s more meditative moments.
In other Firestations news, the band are on tour this month and next and playing live in your town. Assuming your town is Southsea, Margate, Bristol, Stroud, Edinburgh, Glasgow or Sunderland. If none of those are your town then maybe move town?
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THE OCTOBER LOST MAP PODCAST
1) Easily the best episode since the last episode, which some say was the worst episode, it's the new episode of the Lost Map Podcast.
2) Feat. new music from Firestations, Kinbote, Seamus Fogarty + a nice long chat w/ Sulka.
3) Listen here.
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LMPWW ALBUM IN SHOPS NOW
1) As this clearly non-staged photo of Kate delivering copies shows, the Lost Map Presents Weird Wave LP is in quality record shops now.
2) Limited-edition 12" "splatter" vinyl also available directly from us.
3) Scroll down for LMPWW live dates around UK Oct-Dec.
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ABOUT ALEXIA AVINA'S AMAZING NEW ALBUM
IN THE PANTHEON OF DECAY
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A powerful emotional exorcism formed of sweeping synth drones, circling sequencer arpeggios, screeching guitar dissonance and outbreaks of heavenly vocals, In The Pantheon Of Decay is the fearless and intoxicating new album by New York City based American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alexia Avina. AKA Lost Map's Hardest-Working Solo Artist™ (Alexia currently has FOUR other albums/EPs in the works, she'd appreciate your support finishing them). Due for release on November 10, 2023, on limited-edition 12” vinyl and digital platforms, it’s Alexia’s “ambient rage” record, as she calls it. Seven mostly instrumental tracks expressing anger, trauma and a search for peace which words could never alone suffice to convey; her most focused and formidable work to date.
A staggering groundswell of submerged rhythms and distorted digital howls,‘Cutting Ties’ is the latest track to be previewed from In The Pantheon Of Decay, following the release last month of the single ‘NPD / Father’s Day’. Accompanied by a hypnotic video self-shot and edited by Alexia, it’s available to stream and share now.
“This one is about cutting ties with my dad,” says Alexia of ‘Cutting Ties’, “the complexity of emotions and thoughts entangled in that decision. There is a healing, a release, but there’s so much else: pain, bitterness, resentment, anger, longing. There is a sad and gentle resolve that carries through, right up alongside the sharper edges.”
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OCTOBER POSTMAP CLUB
FEAT. SAVAGE MANSION + KINBOTE
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Lost Map's Also Hard Working If Not Quite Hardest-Working Band™ return with yet more riches as Savage Mansion reveal a brand new track available as part of the PostMap Club this month. 'There Goes My Habit' is a very rocking meditation on ageing drawing inspiration from among other things the poetry of Dave Berman and the esoteric pop of Arthur Russell. You can have a listen to it right now. It's a first taste of Savage Mansion's new album The Shakes, which is due for release February 16, 2024 (Edinburgh/Glasgow launch gigs in listings below) and takes inspiration from among other things Sly and the Family Stone, the Velvet Underground, Stereolab, the Bible and – *checks notes* – Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). Definitely more on that in a future WayPoints.
"I'll be back," once spoke the T-800, and now so too is Kinbote, AKA Glasgow-based found-sound sampling electronic producer Matt Gibb. A dizzying glitch-pop song about a bar crawl spiralling out of control like a spinning bike wheel, ‘Rotate’ is released as part of the PostMap Club in October, and taken from Matt's addictive new album Hemisphere – the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's Shifting Distance – which will be released on March 15, 2024, on streaming services and as a standalone limited-edition zine with digital download and CD. It'll be supported with a series of special audio-visual live shows featuring contributions from different filmmakers and visual artists. The first will be as part of the Lost Map takeover at Glasgow’s Great Western Festival on Saturday, November 4.
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Also included in this month's PostMap Club:
Firestations – Stillness EP
The climactic closer to Firestations' latest album Thick Terrain, plus six separate remixes/reworkings of the same song, four between them by fellow sonic explorers Sulk Rooms, Arvo Party and The Analog Girl, plus another two by Firestations. 100% not boring.
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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:
TUE, NOV 7 @ BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS, UK
WED, NOV 8 @ BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER, UK
THU, NOV 9 @ METRONOME, NOTTINGHAM, UK
FRI, NOV 10 @ PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL, KOKO, LONDON
SAT, NOV 11 @ STRANGE BREW, BRISTOL, UK
SUN, NOV 12 @ CHALK, BRIGHTON
AMY MAY ELLIS LIVE:
SUN, OCT 22 @ LOST MAP 10 TAKEOVER, PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD (w/ FIRESTATIONS)
DELIFINGER LIVE:
SUN, OCT 22 @ LOST MAP 10 TAKEOVER, THE OLD ENDOWED SCHOOL, STROUD (w/ TOM PERCIVAL + MOLLY LINEN)
EAGLEOWL LIVE:
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH (w/ SEAMUS FOGARTY, ICHI, RAVELOE + MORE) [TICKETS]
FIRESTATIONS LIVE:
THU, OCT 19 @ THE LOFT, SOUTHSEA
FRI, OCT 20 @ WHERE ELSE?, MARGATE
SAT, OCT 21 @ THE LANES, BRISTOL
SUN, OCT 22 @ LOST MAP 10 TAKEOVER, PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD
(w/ AMY MAY ELLIS)
FRI, NOV 3 @ LEITH DEPOT, EDINBURGH (w/ VICTORIA HUME)
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, VICTORIA HUME, KINBOTE + SULKA)
SUN, NOV 5 @ THE SHIP ISIS, SUNDERLAND
FREE LOVE LIVE:
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH (w/ MEMORIALS, LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, ISLET, BLIND YEO, SULKA + MORE) [TICKETS]
KINBOTE LIVE:
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, VICTORIA HUME, FIRESTATIONS + SULKA)
LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE LIVE:
FRI, OCT 27 @ RIO, NEWPORT-ON-TAY (w/ PICTISH TRAIL + L.T. LEIF) [SOLD OUT]
SAT, OCT 28 @ PLATFORM, EASTERHOUSE
(HALLOWEEN SPECIAL w/ CALLUM EASTER, MARANTA + MORE)
FRI, NOV 3 @ THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN (w/ PICTISH TRAIL + L.T. LEIF)
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ FIRESTATIONS, KINBOTE, SULKA + VICTORIA HUME)
FRI, NOV 10 @ FIREFLY, TELFORD (w/ PICTISH TRAIL)
FRI, DEC 8 @ THE LEXINGTON, LONDON [TICKETS]
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH (w/ MEMORIALS, FREE LOVE, ISLET, BLIND YEO, SULKA + MORE) [TICKETS]
L.T. LEIF LIVE:
FRI, NOV 3 @ THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN (w/ LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE + PICTISH TRAIL)
MARANTA LIVE:
SAT, OCT 28 @ PLATFORM, EASTERHOUSE
(HALLOWEEN SPECIAL w/ CALLUM EASTER,
LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE + MORE)
FRI, OCT 27 @ MARANTA PRESENTS MICROSTERIA, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH
MOLLY LINEN LIVE:
SUN, OCT 22 @ LOST MAP 10 TAKEOVER, THE OLD ENDOWED SCHOOL, STROUD (w/ TOM PERCIVAL + DELIFINGER)
PICTISH TRAIL LIVE:
FRI, OCT 27 @ RIO, NEWPORT-ON-TAY (w/ L.T. LEIF) [SOLD OUT] ±
SAT, OCT 28 @ PLATFORM, EASTERHOUSE §
WED, NOV 1 @ PORTLAND ARMS, CAMBRIDGE *
THU, NOV 2 @ THE CUMBERLAND ARMS, NEWCASTLE *
FRI, NOV 3 @ THE TUNNELS, ABERDEEN (w/ L.T. LEIF) ^
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ FIRESTATIONS, KINBOTE, SULKA + VICTORIA HUME) §
WED, NOV 8 @ THE EXCHANGE, BRISTOL *
THU, NOV 9 @ MODERN ART, OXFORD *
FRI, NOV 10 @ FIREFLY, TELFORD ±
SAT, NOV 11 @ SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER *
FRI, DEC 8 @ THE LEXINGTON, LONDON [TICKETS] §
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH
(w/ FREE LOVE, MEMORIALS, ISLET, BLIND YEO, SULKA + MORE) [TICKETS] §
§ = Performing w/ Lost Map presents Weird Wave
* = Supporting Bas Jan, Pictish Trail solo
^ = Performing w/ Lost Map presents Weird Wave + Pictish Trail full band performance
± = Performing w/ Lost Map presents Weird Wave + Pictish Trail solo performance
SAVAGE MANSION LIVE:
THU, FEB 15 @ SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH
SAT, FEB 17 @ RUM SHACK, GLASGOW
SEAMUS FOGARTY LIVE:
THU, OCT 19 @ FUTURE YARD, LIVERPOOL*
FRI, OCT 20 @ FOLK AT THE FARRIER, OTLEY*
THU, OCT 26 @ THE WIGHT BEAR, SOUTHBOURNE*
SAT, OCT 28 @ BOIA FESTIVAL, ST DAVIDS*
THU, NOV 30 @ ST MARY’S MUSIC HALL, LONDON*
SAT, DEC 2 @ THE KICKING DONKEY, BUNDORAN*
TUE, DEC 5 @ SANDINOS, DERRY^
THU, DEC 7 @ EMPIRE, BELFAST^
FRI, DEC 8 @ CLEERES, KILKENNY*
SAT, DEC 9 @ VICAR STREET, DUBLIN^
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH (w/ EAGLEOWL, ICHI, RAVELOE + MORE) [TICKETS]
* = Headline show
^ = Irish tour supporting Lisa O’Neill
SULKA LIVE:
FRI, OCT 20 @ LEITH DEPOT, EDINBURGH
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, FIRESTATIONS, KINBOTE + VICTORIA HUME)
SAT, NOV 16 @ LOST MAP'S XMAS HUMBUG, SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH (w/ FREE LOVE, MEMORIALS, LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, ISLET, BLIND YEO + MORE) [TICKETS]
VICTORIA HUME LIVE:
FRI, NOV 3 @ LEITH DEPOT, EDINBURGH (w/ FIRESTATIONS)
SAT, NOV 4 @ GREAT WESTERN FESTIVAL, THE PIPING CENTRE, GLASGOW (w/ LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, FIRESTATIONS, KINBOTE + SULKA)
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