Pictish Trail goes on tour

Pictish Trail has released a new album, *Life Slime*, and started a 2026 run of UK dates with his full live band. (firerecords.com) *Life Slime* came out on April 10, 2026 via Fire Records and Lost Map Records, with the tour beginning April 23 at The Tolbooth in Stirling. The first leg lists 16 club dates through May 10 at The Lexington in London. (firerecords.com; godisinthetvzine.co.uk) The album is the sixth full-length release under the Pictish Trail name, the project of Isle of Eigg musician Johnny Lynch. Fire Records said Lynch wrote it at home on Eigg and recorded it in Margate with producer Mike Lindsay of Tunng and LUMP. (firerecords.com; firerecords.com) The release closes a four-year gap since 2022’s *Island Family*, which Fire Records and tour promoters both cite as his previous album. In that stretch, Lynch also put out the *Follow Footsteps* EP in autumn 2024 on Lost Map Records. (firerecords.com; thecluny.com) Fire Records described *Life Slime* as Lynch’s “most personal” record and said its songs were shaped by breakup, guilt, confusion and renewal. The 10-track album includes the singles “Hold It,” “Sorry Eyes,” “Infinity Ooze,” “Torch Song” and “Werewolf Ending.” (firerecords.com; firerecords.com) The rollout leaned hard into the album’s gooey visual theme. God Is In The TV reported that the title-track video, directed by Oscar Sansom and produced by Beth Allen, shows Lynch being covered in 170 litres of pink slime during a filmed Guinness World Record attempt. (godisinthetvzine.co.uk) The tour also extends beyond the spring club run. Fire Records lists later appearances in Oban on July 4, Kelburn Garden Party on July 5, Lancaster on August 13, Green Man Festival on August 21 and Krankenhaus Festival in Barrow-in-Furness on August 29. (firerecords.com) At individual stops, venues are billing the shows as a rarer full-band version of a project that often appears in smaller configurations. The Cluny in Newcastle said its April 26 date would feature the new material in “bold, expansive form,” with tickets priced at £18 before fees. (thecluny.com) Lynch’s profile in British independent music reaches beyond his own records. The Cluny notes that he runs Lost Map Records and has toured with acts including Belle and Sebastian, Pavement, Mogwai, Sea Power and KT Tunstall. (thecluny.com) For now, the immediate shift is simple: after months of singles and previews, *Life Slime* is out, and the songs are moving from studio rollout to a band tour that starts in Scotland and runs through late August. (firerecords.com; godisinthetvzine.co.uk)