Pictish Trail and his hairy guitarist, Joe, are sat in a budget hotel, wondering if they can actually produce a coherent podcast while on tour…

Life on the road! Join PICTISH TRAIL in his Premier Inn, as he discusses the perils of touring in the time of COVID, and the perks of having a twin room to himself. Co-host, and fellow band-member, JOE CORMACK slaps some sense into him.

In our featured interview, we catch up with the one and only ALABASTER dePLUME just before he boards a plane to America. He talks us through his brand new album, GOLD, which is out now on Lost Map / International Anthem / Total Refreshment Centre.

We’ve got a selection of tracks from this month’s POSTMAP CLUB mail-out, including clips of new music by MOLLY LINEN, BAS JAN x CROOKED MAN and DELIFINGER.

To support Lost Map, and to help us release more music in 2022, join PostMap Club. A monthly membership starts at just £3, and you'll receive printed postcards delivered to your door every month, containing downloads of new music from the label. You'll receive a membership badge, too - as well as a newsletter and discount codes for other stuff from our webshop. Gift memberships are also available. Visit lostmap.com/club for details on how to join.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Molly Linen - ’Spring’

2. Bas Jan x Crooked Man - ’Progressive Causes’ (Progressively Crooked mix) (clip)

3. Delifinger - ’Hold On Blue’ (clip)

4. Alabaster dePlume - clips of GOLD

5. Alabaster dePlume - ’A Gente Acaba’

6. Pictish Trail - ’Nuclear Sunflower Swamp'

SOME USEFUL LINKS:

PostMap Club: http://lostmap.com/club

Pictish Trail + Savage Mansion UK tour, March/April 2022: https://pictishtrail.co.uk/gigz

Alabaster dePlume album, GOLD: https://www.lostmap.com/products/alabaster-gold

You can find Pictish Trail over on Twitter, @pictishtrail.

Lost Map Podcast is presented by Pictish Trail. Additional production and editing by Joe Cormack.

It’s finally 2021, and we’ve all survived. Our collective reward is a 45 minute podcast about brand new music on Lost Map Records. Hooray.

It’s the New Year, and Pictish Trail has celebrated by hiding from his children, locking himself inside his garden shed, and recording this very podcast with only a bottle of Babycham for company.

This month’s episode includes an in-depth interview with singer-songwriter Clémentine March, who tells us about her life in music, and the making of her new album Songs Of Resilience - which she recorded in just two days at the end of November.

In First Gig / Worst Gig, Alabaster dePlume takes us back to a time when he had extremely long hair, and chewing gum on his back … and that’s not even the Worst Gig.

And in this month’s edition of THIS OR THAT we punish an undeserving Ed Dowie with a non-stop assault of brain-taxing questions.

There’s also an exclusive first play of a new track from Sulka, whose new album Take Care is out later this month.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Clémentine March - Clips of Songs Of Resilience, + ‘Into The Distance’

2. Alabaster dePlume - ’Song of the Foundling (live, 2012)’

3. Ed Dowie - ‘Under The Waves'

4. Sulka - 'You & I'

To support Lost Map, and to listen to some of the music featured in the programme in full, you should join our PostMap Club. A monthly membership starts at just £3, and you'll receive printed postcards delivered to your door every month, containing downloads of new music from the label. You also receive a membership badge, newsletter and discount codes for other stuff from our webshop. Visit lostmap.com/club for details on how to join.

Lost Map Podcast is presented by Pictish Trail. Additional production and editing by Joe Cormack. This episode is made possible with support from Creative Scotland.