Lost Map Podcast

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA catch up ahead of the forthcoming  LOST MAP SUMMER PARTY  in Glasgow, sharing the excitement (and mild panic) of putting together one of the label's biggest events of the year. Along the way, there's brand new music from DOVETAILED, FIRESTATIONS, and SULKA, plus all the usual PostMap Club chat. This month's featured interview sees Lost Map's MALCOLM JACK in conver...

This month, Pictish Trail and Laura chat about a bumper crop of new Lost Map releases, including PostMap Club tracks from MANUELA and BOTH HANDS, plus a brand-new remix of PICTISH TRAIL's 'Life Slime' by Cardiff psych-pop duo HMS MORRIS. There's also news of  Howlin' Fringe , a new series of August shows that will be going on sale very soon. Our featured interview sees NICK WHITE and ANDREW R...

Broadcasting from a fairly decent chain hotel somewhere in Newcastle, PICTISH TRAIL shares updates from the road and chats through forthcoming releases from OWEN & THE EYEBALLS and ACOLYTE.  Meanwhile, back at home, LAURA delivers perhaps the clearest explanation of PostMap Club to date, as we also spin fresh tracks from this month’s mailout, including music from SULKA, FIRESTATIONS, and...

This month, PICTISH TRAIL is joined by LAURA for a chat about the upcoming tour - the logistics, the mild (and not-so-mild) anxieties, and whatever else manages to derail the conversation along the way - with music from this month’s PostMap Club selections woven in throughout. That includes new bits from BOTH HANDS, FAITH ELIOTT and MANUELA, all making appearances between the rambling. There’s als...

This month, PICTISH TRAIL reflects on a laptop-free escape to Berlin and talks through the making of a particularly slimy new video landing later in March, whilst LAURA gives us some elocution lessons, and scintillating childhood memories of Linford Christie’s Record Breakers. Alongside the usual life updates, there’s fresh PostMap Club music from ISA GORDON, SULKA, and ACOLYTE, plus an archive ge...

This month’s episode finds PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA swapping stories from the past few weeks, from slimy times at Celtic Connections to even slimier encounters with takeaway pizza. Along the way there’s plenty of celebrity name-dropping, telly chat, and general life admin, plus brand new music and album news from MANUELA and OWEN & THE EYEBALLS, and a remix of PAINTING courtesy of BOTH HANDS. T...

In the first episode of the year, PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA chat about upcoming tour dates, the brand-new Club Classics compilation, and fresh music from SEAMUS FOGARTY, new Lost Map signing ISA GORDON, and BLIND YEO. This month’s featured interview sees Lost Map’s MALCOLM JACK in conversation with his fellow countryman ISAK KLASSEN about his new album as ISHAAQ AARKISTRA, released this month on ver...

In the final episode of the year, PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA catch up to chat all things Lost Map – from recent tour tales and HUMBUG! plans, to details on the greatest Xmas present imaginable: PostMap Club's Annual Membership. There’s new music from MONOGANON and ACOLYTE, a track from the freshly reissued HAIRBAND album, and a forgotten festive gem from HAPPY CLARINETTY. To support what we do at Los...

PICTISH TRAIL  is on the road, and flying solo for this month’s episode - but is still bringing you fresh music for your ears from SEAMUS FOGARTY, FLO LINES, BLIND YEO, and ACOLYTE. The episode also features a full-length interview between Lost Map’s MALCOLM JACK and DOMINIE HOOPER, diving into the making of her stunning new album  In This Body Lives , out now on LP and CD. Plus, there’s...

This month’s episode digs into all things PostMap Club, with details on how to pre-order exclusive bundles of the new Pictish Trail album  Life Slime  and news of special prize draws leading up to its release. There’s also Hallowe’en and All Saints’ Day-flavoured music and live shows from Sulka and Faith Eliott, plus loads of info on our upcoming Lost Map Hallowe’en Party at Leith Cricke...

This month’s episode features fresh PostMap Club sounds from Owen & The Eyeballs, Ishaaq Aarkistra, and Dominie Hooper, plus a gem from the vaults by Savage Mansion. Along the way, Pictish Trail and Laura catch up on festival antics, Marti Pellow’s career, and why turning Lost Map into a ratings-based service is (thankfully) never going to happen. To support what we do at Lost Map, join our me...

This month’s episode features an extended natter between Pictish Trail and Laura about brand new music from Pictish Trail himself, plus news of upcoming live shows. There are also fresh tracks from Lost Map favourites Blind Yeo and Flo Lines. To support what we do at Lost Map, join our membership club – PostMap Club! Get postcards each month with download codes for new music, plus a badge, newslet...

This month’s episode features new releases from BOTH HANDS, DOMINIE HOOPER, and ISHAAQ AARKISTRA, some video news from KINBOTE, plus some fresh info on upcoming PICTISH TRAIL tour dates this August.  Our featured interview is hosted by MALCOLM JACK, chatting with MATT BRENNAN (Doughnut Music Lab) and Nicolas Burrows (FELL) about the new Fell album  Futility Rites  and its unconventi...

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA are here once again with all the LOST MAP news YOU need for your earholes. This month’s episode features new music from FIRESTATIONS, a brand-new single from Cornish collective BLIND YEO, an intro to the band OWEN & THE EYEBALLS, and news of a forthcoming album from FELL. Our featured interview is a deep-dive conversation with FAITH ELIOTT and producer/multi-instrumenta...

Join PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA for another hour of daft chat, introducing all the new music coming out through PostMap Club this month - including the Lost Map debut from DOMINIE HOOPER, the return of MANUELA, and an atmospheric single from Edinburgh’s ACOLYTE. There’s also some goss about a new PICTISH TRAIL show at LEITH CRICKET CLUB this summer, as well as a stone-cold banger from SEAMUS FOGARTY....

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA return for another ramble through the latest PostMap Club releases, with new music from L.T. LEIF, FAITH ELIOTT, and PAINTING. There’s also news about an upcoming Pictish Trail tour, and our all-day knees up with GOOD VIBES for RECORD STORE DAY. Ain’t no doubt, it’s plain to see, our featured interview this month is an AI-assisted chinwag with PAINTING themselves - chatting...

PICTISH TRAIL is back with LAURA for some gossip about Falkirk and Margate, a listener Q&A, and brand-new music from FELL, FIRESTATIONS, and BLIND YEO. This episode’s featured interview has SEAMUS FOGARTY talking about the making of  God Damn You Mountain , freshly reissued on vinyl. Plus, FAITH ELIOTT takes on  First Gig, Worst Gig , sharing musical memories both golden and mouldy....

Pictish Trail introduces you to brand-new music on Lost Map from Painting, Faith Eliott, Alexia Avina, and Firestations, as well as all the usual goss about PostMap Club. This month’s featured interview sees Lost Map’s Malcolm Jack in conversation with Curtis Miles, one of our latest signings, about the making of his debut album,  What Could’ve Become Of . Out now on limited edition CD, you c...

Welcome to Series 7 of the  Lost Map Podcast ! In this special teaser episode, Pictish Trail gives you a recap on what Lost Map is all about, and shares how you can dive into our music through the PostMap Club membership. Plus, hear an exclusive acoustic session from Seamus Fogarty’s debut album  God Damn You Mountain , which we’re reissuing on vinyl.  Series 7 kicks off properly on...

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA  are reunited for a SHORTER-THAN-USUAL episode of the Lost Map Podcast. We’re taking a bit of a break from regular full-length episodes to regenerate our batteries… however  on today’s show you can still hear new music from FELL and a suitably festive tune from CURTIS MILES.   Sandwiched between those tracks, is some thrilling new information about PostMap Cl...

Join  PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA  for an hour of brand new music and hot goss from LOST MAP . There’s news on our HUMBUG!   line-up, as well as tunes from ALEXIA AVINA and AFTERLANDS . Our featured interview this month is a conversation between Lost Map’s MALCOLM JACK and Berlin-based synth-prog post-punk alchemists, PAINTING . They chat in-depth about how they came together as a band,...

PICTISH TRAIL is out on the road, and LAURA is away on a holiday trip abroad. But does that mean there'll be no podcast this month? Well, it probably should mean that, but they’ve gone and recorded an episode anyway. Pictish answers a load of fan questions, Laura gives us the PostMap Club spiel, and we also have a featured interview with Will Greenham from BLIND YEO about the making of their compi...

LAURA and PICTISH TRAIL are reunited once again, having a cup o' tea & an empire biscuit around at Laura's place and chatting about our Christmas  HUMBUG! show. We’ve also got all the new music from this month’s PostMap Club, including songs from CURTIS MILES , and SAVAGE MANSION , plus a First Gig Worst Gig with SARA WOLFF and PICTISH himself chatting indepth about his new FOLLOW FOOTSTE...

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 message...

It’s a special episode of the podcast this month, as PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA have all the information you need about LOST MAP collaborating with GOOD VIBES RECORD STORE in Leith, Edinburgh. We’ve moved our office into the back of the shop, and will be selling our entire back-catalogue there, as well as joining forces on live events. Tune in for more goss! On this month’s episode, we’ve also got mu...