Pictish Trail announces album and tour

Pictish Trail has announced a new album, *Life Slime*, and a full-band United Kingdom tour built around its April 10 release. (firerecords.com) The album is the sixth full-length release from Johnny Lynch, the Isle of Eigg musician who records as Pictish Trail, and it came out through Fire Records and Lost Map Records on Friday, April 10, 2026. (firerecords.com) Fire Records said the tour begins on April 23 at the Tolbooth in Stirling and runs through May 10 at The Lexington in London, with 16 full-band dates in that main stretch. (firerecords.com) The rollout had been building since January 13, when Fire Records announced the album and released the single “Sorry Eyes,” describing *Life Slime* as Lynch’s “most personal record to date.” (firerecords.com) That matters in part because *Life Slime* is Pictish Trail’s first album since *Island Family* in 2022, ending a four-year gap between studio full-lengths. (firerecords.com) Fire Records said the new record was written at Lynch’s home on the Isle of Eigg and recorded at Mike Lindsay’s studio in Margate, linking the album to the same United Kingdom geography the tour now traces onstage. (firerecords.com) The title track arrived with a video directed by Oscar Sansom and produced by Beth Allen that, according to Fire Records and God Is In The TV, shows Lynch attempting a Guinness World Record for the most slime poured over one person in a music video performance. (firerecords.com) God Is In The TV reported that the shoot used 170 litres of slime, with record verification still pending when the outlet published its April 9 item. (godisinthetvzine.co.uk) One of the headline dates is the May 10 London show at The Lexington, where promoter Howlin’ Fling said it will be Lynch’s first full-band London performance in more than three years. (howlinfling.com) After the April-to-May run, Fire Records lists additional 2026 appearances in Oban on July 4, Kelburn on July 5, Lancaster on August 13, Green Man Festival on August 21, and Krankenhaus Festival on August 29. (firerecords.com)