WAYPOINTS #220
22/08/24
"WE'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG
NOW THE WORDS DON'T COME"
FEATURING: BLIND YEO, PICTISH TRAIL, GOOD VIBES, FLO LINES, FELL, SAVAGE MANSION, KINBOTE + MORE
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BLIND YEO ANNOUNCE COMPILATION ALBUM; SHARE TITLE TRACK + VIDEO
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What's the coolest thing you ever did with your dad? We knew a kid at school whose favourite weekend bonding experience with his father was buying knackered old used cars out the back of magazines for approx forty pounds then rallying them around a coal bing until they were smashed to bits. We can't beat that (nobody can beat that), but we can draw your attention to the fact that synth-player Henry Greenham plays in the south-west's most exciting new band Blind Yeo together with his dad, singer, songwriter and guitarist Will Greenham. Not quite "coal bing rally dad" level cool, but still v. cool.
Cornwall's most multi-talented, not to mention multi-member (8) and indeed multi-generational (2) Cornish cosmic folk collective have announced a brand new album, titled Echoes / Anam Cara. Set for release on limited-edition 12" vinyl on October 18, it's available to pre-order now. We're hestitating to call it Blind Yeo's "debut album proper" because it's a compilation comprising their two EPs released to date. But it's a revealing and exciting document of the band’s first two years together, and the thrilling journey of discovery they’ve been on so far. Get a taste by watching the trippy video for the track 'Anam Cara', which is out now as part of Lost Map's PostMap Club subscription service in the month of August.
“‘Anam cara’ means ‘soul friend’ in Gaelic,” says Will, who once had a fight in a carpark over a kick drum (see the Lost Map Podcast for more on that). “The human face is the window to the soul," Will continues. "Your soul friend can know more about you than you know about yourself. These connections can last seconds or a lifetime. Sometimes you have to say goodbye to that moment that will never happen again. We captured the song live in a turbulent and emotive time and in true Blind Yeo spirit you will never hear the song this way again.”
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PICTISH TRAIL IN-STORE @ GOOD VIBES IN LEITH THIS WEEKEND; NEW EP FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS COMING SOON
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STORE ADDRESS: 153 CONSTITUTION STREET, LEITH, EDINBURGH, EH6 7AD
OPENING HOURS: WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, 10AM-5PM (4PM SUNDAY)
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In our last newsletter we told you all about how we've begun a special collaboration with record store and creative studios Good Vibes in Leith, Edinburgh, which is now our "mainland base of operations" where we're selling all the Lost Map catalogue in one place IRL for the very first time (address and opening times above). Thanks to everyone who's been in to buy records and merch so far! Thanks for your lovely faces/chat/money!
We're also using Good Vibes as a space for hosting exclusive events and suchlike, the latest of which is coming up this Sunday, August 25 at 4pm in the generous form of Pictish Trail, performing a free intimate solo set. You heard him DJ at our last Good Vibes in-store in July, featuring Susan Bear. Now feel the full force of his very own hot songs, live and untamed, performed so close that you could reach out and touch him as he plays. But don't do that obvs, or at least not without prior consent.
Some of Johnny's hot songs will be from his upcoming new EP Follow Footsteps out September 13 (pre-order now), which is a selection of stripped-back versions of tracks from his previous album Island Family, done in a dreamy-sweet softly psychedelic style together with a trio of musicians on cello, harp, keys etc. You can be among the first to own an IRL 12" vinyl copy of the EP if you come to the in-store, because Johnny will have records to sell right there and then, direct to customer, no red tape just hard green cash (or card). Other stores around the UK will have copies soon too and they are as follows:
- Applestump Records, Nantwich
- 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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THE AUGUST LOST MAP PODCAST
1) The new Lost Map podcast is a special "summer hols" (e.g. "can't be arsed") edition feat. Johnny + audio postcards from Laura and others.
2) Also feat. First Gig Worst Gig w/ Will from Blind Yeo (trigger warning: contains Toploader), plus new music from Flo Lines, Fell, L.T. Leif + more.
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NEW SAVAGE MANSION VIDEO + LIVE DATES
1) Depicting one man's hash-addled journey inside his own TV, the new video for 'Total Colombia' by Savage Mansion is here.
2) Taken from the amazing album The Shakes, on sale now.
3) New live dates including two at Glasgow's Hug and Pint in October.
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NEW KINBOTE VIDEO
1) Depicting one man's confusing experience with a bed sheet, the new video for 'OnoSecond' by Kinbote is here.
2) Taken from the amazing album Hemisphere, out now.
3) Like Savage Mansion's The Shakes, you can buy it as part of our August flash sale.
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AUGUST POSTMAP CLUB
FEAT. FLO LINES + FELL
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An atmospheric lo-fi pop song juxtaposing stillness with restlessness, ‘Funny Weather’ is the brand-new single by London-based musician and audio artist Flo Lines. Released as part of Lost Map’s Postmap Club subscription service in August, and available to stream and share via digital services now, it follows the release of Flo’s debut EP The only thing left is everything earlier this year, which received enthusiastic support from Deb Grant and Cerys Matthews on BBC 6 Music among others. It’s accompanied by a mesmerising single-shot video by Beth and Natasha Perkin (Deathtrashpictures), which isn't properly out in the world until tomorrow (Friday) but you can have an exclusive watch today (Thursday) because we're nice to you like that. “The video for ‘Funny Weather’ was inspired by a photo I took years ago," says Flo, "of a person with hair sprawled across their face on a calm day. There is something surreal about the stillness of the sea against the chaos of the wind. It felt like a moving picture and a feeling I wanted to capture.”
Joining Flo in this month's PostMap Club bag o' fun is a new one from prolific Lost Map long-timers Fell, AKA London-based artist, illustrator, guitarist, singer and songwriter Nicolas Burrows and friends. In a message for the latest episode of the Lost Map Podcast recorded in a hotel room in Beijing where Nick is "working" and not "on holiday" nor indeed "defecting", he explains that 'Lemonade' is a "surreal mishmash of stuff" collaged together from found lyrics and lines from old notebooks. Confusingly it isn't about the drink lemonade, but it would nevertheless be reasonable to describe the song as a fizzy, jangly serving of delicious pop best served chilled 😎 |
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Also included in this month's PostMap Club:
Blind Yeo – 'Anam Cara'
A towering and tumultuous song about love, loss and learning to start again which we can 100% promise you sounds nothing like T*ploader. Taken from the cosmic Cornish folk collective's forthcoming compilation LP.
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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:
SAT, AUG 24 @ RALLY FESTIVAL, SOUTHWARK PARK, LONDON, GB
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
BLIND YEO LIVE:
SUN, SEP 1 @ SMUGGLERS FESTIVAL, KENT
L.T. LEIF LIVE:
THU, SEP 5 @ THE ESTABLISHMENT, WAKEFIELD (w/ ME LOST ME)
TUE, NOV 5 @ THE CENTRAL, GATESHEAD (w/ CINDY)
THU, NOV 7 @ THE CATSTRAND, NEW GALLOWAY
PICTISH TRAIL LIVE:
SUN, AUG 25 @ GOOD VIBES, LEITH, EDINBURGH (SOLO) [FREE IN-STORE, 4PM]
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:
FRI, SEP 27 @ CAFE KINO, BRISTOL
SAT, SEP 28 @ BIDDLE BROS, LONDON
SAT, OCT 26-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)
SUSAN BEAR LIVE:
THU, OCT 24 @ HUG AND PINT, GLASGOW (w/ SAVAGE MANSION + DANCER)
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