ARE YOU IN THE PICTISH TRAIL'S NEW VIDEO?

... because if you were at Lost Map's ludicrously good Howlin' Fling festival, you may well be. Filmed by Forest of Black during said soiree on the Isle of Eigg back in July, it's a new short for the song 'The Handstand Crowd', taken from the Trail's album Secret Soundz Vol. 2, which was recently given a re-release by the good people at Moshi Moshi Records as a double-disc package together with Secret Soundz Vol. 1

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INSECT HEROES: 'KING FABULOUS' POSTCARD SINGLE + VIDEO

Ahead of the release of their debut album Apocalypso on Lost Map Records on October 13 (pre-order here), self-styled purveyors of “tropical pop for the Apocalypse” Insect Heroes present the track ‘King Fabulous’, an addictive shot of 60s garage-psyche propelled by an infectious cowbell beat, proving that driving with the top down and drinking in the VIP lounge isn’t the preserve of bling-dripping R&B stars but merely a state of mind.

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