Join hosts PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA for another hour of Lost Map goodness, including (not due to popular demand, or indeed any sort of demand) a reboot of long-lost regular feature, First Gig Worst Gig.

It’s November, the nights are fair drawing in, and LAURA reckons it's the start of winter already. PICTISH TRAIL is still in a summery mood, and tries to pay Laura a compliment on her hair - but ends up talking about his own greasy locks for possibly too many minutes. Thankfully there’s some new music to keep you entertained - the obligatory track from LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE, an archive track from EAGLEOWL, as well as some new music on PostMap Club from TWO WHITE CRANES, VICTORIA HUME and SUSAN BEAR.

There’s no featured interview this month, but we have resurrected an ol’ fave - FIRST GIG WORST GIG, in which artists tell us about the first gig they attended as a punter, and the very worst gig they’ve ever played themselves. It’s a bumper edition of the segment, with confessions from both SEAMUS FOGARTY and ALEXIA AVINA, who conveniently have new releases out this month on vinyl. PLUG PLUG PLUG.

To support what we do at Lost Map, you should join our membership club - PostMap Club! Membership starts at just £3, and you'll receive printed postcards delivered to your door every month, containing download codes for new music from the label. You'll receive a badge, too - as well as a newsletter and a discount of 15% on all records, CDs, tapes and other merch in our webshop. Digital & gift memberships are also available. Visit lostmap.com/club for details on how to join.

NEW MEMBERS (including Gift Subscriptions) during November 2023, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + all three releases in this the most recent VISITATIONS series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

Lost Map presents Weird Wave - ’Big Jetty’ (Single Edit)
Alexia Avina - ’Second Thoughts’
Victoria Hume - ’Oblivious Structures’ (clip)
Two White Cranes - ’City Streets’ (clip)
Susan Bear - ‘It’s You’ (clip)
Seamus Fogarty - ’Time For A Kit Kat’
Eagleowl - ’Not Over'

SOME SERIOUSLY USEFUL LINKS:

Join PostMap Club: lostmap.com/club

Lost Map presents Weird Wave LP

Alexia Avina - In The Pantheon Of Decay LP

Seamus Fogarty - Hee Haw EP

Caps and T-shirts

New records from Lost Map

If you’d like to get in touch with us, plop us an email: club@lostmap.com

This episode of the Lost Map Podcast was presented by Pictish Trail and Laura Doherty, edited and with additional production from Joe Cormack.

Allow Pictish Trail to expel his hot air (chat, not farts) on a balloon ride from his home on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland, across the Atlantic and over to the other side of America, where we meet ambient-folk artist Alexia Avina in Portland, Oregon; with just enough puff, we travel back over to meet Firestations in Walthamstow, London, before returning almost full circle to sunny Glasgow for some gossip with Savage Mansion.

Once again, Pictish Trail goes through this month’s PostMap Club releases, playing brand new music from the Lost Map label - including tracks from Sulka, Savage Mansion, and an exclusive live session with Alexia Avina.

Ambient-folk artist, Alexia Avina tells us all about her start in music, the scene in Montreal and the making of her album Unearth, as well as the story behind the new live session she’s recorded for us. The full session video will be live-streamed on Thursday 11th March 2021, with free access for PostMap Club members.

In First Gig / Worst Gig, we are joined by Mike, Laura and Martin from Firestations - who show off their cool indie-credentials with anecdotes of the first gig they attended as punters … before shovelling the bleak reality of life in a band with tales of the worst gig they’ve ever played themselves.

Due to (un)popular demand, our regular feature THIS OR THAT has been cancelled this month - and has been replaced with a pilot for a new segment called Lost Chats. This month, staff members Bart & Laura talk the nitty-gritty with Craig Angus from Savage Mansion, about his new single, upcoming album, and also the link between dogs and terrorist organisations (terrierists?). This is a clip of a full episode that will be made available to PostMap Club members later in the month.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Sulka - Clip of ’Hollow Days’ / ‘Hollow Days (acoustic version)'

2. Savage Mansion - Clip of ‘Wig Wise’

3. Alexia Avina - Clips of Unearth + live session

4. Alexia Avina - ‘Know My Place’ (live session)

5. Firestations - Clip of ‘Low Ratio (Sunken Version)'

6. Savage Mansion - ‘Prizes’

To support Lost Map, and to listen to 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.