FIRE RECORDS
Date of release: Apr 10 2026
Life Slime is the sixth full-length album by Pictish Trail (AKA Johnny Lynch) — a strange, tender, psychedelic electro-pop record shaped by transformation, exhaustion, hope, guilt, and renewal. Written at home on the Isle of Eigg and recorded at Mike Lindsay’s studio down in Margate (Tunng / LUMP), the album follows 2022’s critically acclaimed Island Family, further refining Lynch’s world of lo-fi electronics, warped pop melodies, baggy psych rhythms and emotionally direct songwriting. It’s a record that balances woozy synth-pop, motorik propulsion and intimate acoustic songwriting, all infused with the emotional messiness that gives the album its title.
Across the album’s singles — the guilt-stained psych-pop ballad ‘Hold It’, the life-affirming shimmer of ‘Infinity Ooze’, the late-night confession of ‘Torch Song’, the expansive eight-minute centrepiece ‘Another Way’, and the cinematic closer ‘Werewolf Ending’ — Life Slime charts a journey from emotional fracture to uneasy release. ‘Sorry Eyes’ brings a punchy electro-pop strut with a sharp emotional edge, ‘Crystal Cave’ drifts through crystalline guitars and shoegaze haze into transformation, and the title track ‘Life Slime’ moves with a slow, weary swagger toward bittersweet acceptance. Together, these tracks form a cohesive album statement about surrender, resistance, change and renewal.
Quotes:
“Endlessly inventive” Uncut.
“Wonderfully weird pop” Brooklyn Vegan.
“A favourite artist of ours” – Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music.
“Certifiably musically mad, and we love him for it.” - Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland.
For fans of Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Liars, Mercury Rev, Beck, John Grant, Empire of the Sun, Grandaddy.
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Vinyl release of Pictish Trail - Life Slime (Limited Toxic Lagoon Blue Coloured Vinyl). Released through FIRE RECORDS and available on LP(150G).
(5671356)
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Cat No: FIRELP812C
Barcode: 809236005359
Packaging: LP (150g)
| SKU | 5671356 |
| Barcode # | 809236005359 |
| Artist | Pictish Trail |
| Artist/Author | PICTISH TRAIL |
| Shipping weight | 0.6030kg |
| Format | LP (150g) |
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