S6 08: August 2024 - Summer Postcards

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA are off on their summer hols this month, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get your monthly fix of podcast goodness. Oh no. On this month’s episode we’ve got new music from L.T. LEIF, FLO LINES, FELL and BLIND YEO as well as another taste of the forthcoming EP from PICTISH TRAIL himself. It’s all packaged together with some postcard messages from the musicians and the team.

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 August 2024, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + TEN YEARS OF LOST MAP, a brand new double CD containing 44 of our best tracks from the last decade!

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

  1. L.T. Leif - ’Into The Air’

  2. Flo Lines - ’Funny Weather’

  3. Fell - ‘Lemonade’

  4. Blind Yeo - ‘Anam Cara'

  5. Pictish Trail - ‘Island Family’ (Summer Redux)

SOME VERY USEFUL LINKS:

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

S6 05: May 2024 - Afterlands

On this month’s episode, we’ve got music from AMY MAY ELLIS and SUSAN BEAR, plus a taste of some PostMap Club tunes from brand new signings BLIND YEO, and FLO LINES. 

Our featured interview this month is with DAVEY and RICK from AFTERLANDS, who talk us through the making of their debut album for Lost Map, WE ARE THE ANIMALS IN THE NIGHT.  The album is released on May 10th 2024 on vinyl and CD, and this month PostMap Club members have access to an EXCLUSIVE LIVE SESSION from the band, filmed at Pianodrome in Edinburgh.

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 May 2024, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + TEN YEARS OF LOST MAP, a brand new double CD containing 44 of our best tracks from the last decade!

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

  1. Amy May Ellis - ’Maybe We’ll Wake Up’ (Rob Pemberton remix)

  2. Blind Yeo - ’Otherside' (clip)

  3. Flo Lines - ’I was biding my time’ (clip)

  4. Afterlands - Clips from We Are The Animals In The Night

  5. Afterlands - ’Leaf Cutters’

  6. Susan Bear - ‘Drift’ (SHEARS remix)


SOME VERY USEFUL LINKS:

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

S4 05: June 2022 - Susan Bear, LT Leif + more

Now they are seasoned podcasters, Pictish Trail and Laura discover that it’s nigh-on impossible to avoid slipping into Partridge every 5 minutes. The show might as well be called Mid-Morning Mappers, at this point.

Summer has arrived, but PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA are defiantly “taps ann”, and reporting to you from their respective homes on the Isle of Eigg and Edinburgh, with all the latest goss from Lost Map Records. There’s also some chat about chickens.

SUSAN BEAR is our featured interview this month, talking us through her life in music, and all the inside goss on the making of her new solo album, Alter, released on limited edition vinyl on June 10th. We also witness the return of FIRST GIG WORST GIG, with a brand new signing, the Canadian singer-songwriter LT LEIF - a tale which veers from homely to homeless.

On top of all that, we've got a selection of tracks from the other releases in this month's POSTMAP CLUB mail-out - new music from MARANTA and JENNY MOORE’S MYSTIC BUSINESS - as well as tracks from releases by SULKA and EMMA KUPA.

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. Sulka - ‘Discord’

2. Maranta - ’Our Love’ [clip]

3. Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business - ’He Earns Enough’ (Hiro Ama remix) [clip]

4. Susan Bear - clips of Alter

5. Susan Bear - ’New Ghost'

6. LT Leif - ’The Best’

7. Emma Kupa - ‘I Hope’

SOME USEFUL LINKS:

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

Susan Bear’s Alter pre-order: https://www.lostmap.com/products/susan-bear-alter

Pictish Trail September Tour 2022: https://pictishtrail.co.uk/gigz

You can find Pictish Trail over on Twitter, @pictishtrail, and Laura Doherty @dohoodle


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

S4 03: April 2022 - Pictish Trail on Tour, Alabaster dePlume + more

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.

S4 02: March 2022 - James Acaster, Savage Mansion + more

Pictish Trail and Laura spill the details on an upcoming Isle of Eigg event, then guide you through this month’s releases on the Lost Map label; Savage Mansion talk us through their incredible new album; and comedian James Acaster reveals his First Gig Worst Gig experiences.

When popular Hebridean songsmith PICTISH TRAIL sang the song ‘IT CAME BACK’, he wasn’t just referring to a recurring bout of illness … he was, of course, hinting at the return of Howlin’ Fling! - the live music event he hosts on the Isle of Eigg. In todays episode he regales co-host LAURA DOHERTY with all the details of a new Howlin’ Fling event, ISLAND FAMILY GATHERING, happening over July 1st & 2nd.


In our feature piece, we’re joined by Craig Angus and Beth Chalmers from the Glagow-based alt-rock titans SAVAGE MANSION, who reveal all about the making of their recently released new album, Golden Mountain, Here I Come.


We’ve also got a genuine celeb on the show - JAMES ACASTER (who stars in the video of the previously mentioned Pictish Trail song, ‘IT CAME BACK’). He’s taking part in our First Gig Worst Gig segment this month, and does not hold back. The fact that he does this all while simultaneously hula-hooping makes his confessions all the more emotional.

As always, we’ve got a selection of tracks from this month’s POSTMAP CLUB mail-out, including clips of new music by SUSAN BEAR, GORDON McINTYRE and ALEXIA AVINA.

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. Pictish Trail - ’Melody Something’
2. Susan Bear - ’M6’ (clip)
3. Gordon McIntyre - ’Tiny Marks’ (clip)
4. Savage Mansion - clips of Golden Mountain, Here I Come
5. Savage Mansion - ’Jesus Is Pale’
6. Alexia Avina - ‘Human'



SOME USEFUL LINKS:

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

Howlin’ Fling presents Pictish Trail’s ISLAND FAMILY GATHERING: https://www.howlinfling.com

Pictish Trail + James Acaster, It Came Back music vid: https://youtu.be/78ew8MhEjaY

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

Savage Mansion - Golden Mountain, Here I Come album: https://www.lostmap.com/products/savage-mansion-golden-mountain

You can find Pictish Trail over on Twitter, @pictishtrail; you can find Laura @dohoodle.


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

S3 05: March 2021 - PostMap Podcast, w/ Alexia Avina + more

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.

S3 03: January 2021 - PostMap Podcast

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.