S5 04: April 2023 - Hairband + more

April 1, 2023 Pictish Trail

Join PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA over the next hour, for all the latest music and gossip from Lost Map, as well as an in-depth chat with HAIRBAND about the making of their debut album.

It’s April Fools Day, and PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA are really struggling to make important Lost Map announcements convincingly. Will there actually be a Howlin’ Fling this year? Thankfully there’s new music from MARTHA FFION, FIRESTATIONS, plus tracks from L.T. LEIF and AMY MAY ELLIS, to break up the tedium.

This month’s interview is with Emma, Simone and Rowan of HAIRBAND, who chat to us from Rowan’s living room in Glasgow - with fellow bandmate Rachel sending messages from Berlin. They talk us through the making of their fantastic new album, Under The Plow - which is out on 21st April on very limited edition cassette.

To support what we do at Lost Map, you should join our 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 April 2023, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + all three releases in this the most recent VISITATIONS series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. L.T. Leif - ’Taste Of Elastic'

2. Martha Ffion - ’The Wringer' (clip)

3. Firestations - ’Undercover’ (clip)

4. Hairband - clips of Under The Plow

5. Hairband - ‘Varipapa'

6. Amy May Ellis - ’Wild Geese’ (Delifinger remix)

SOME INCREDIBLY USEFUL LINKS:

PostMap Club: lostmap.com/club

Howlin’ Fling: howlinfling.com

31st May, Glasgow, Lost Map Under Gaia: howlinfling.com/shhh/lost-map-under-gaia

Hairband - Under The Plow: lostmap.com/products/hairband-under-the-plow

Amy May Ellis - Over Ling And Bell: lostmap.com/products/free-love-inside

L.T. Leif - Come Back To Me, But Lightly: lostmap.com/products/lt-leif-come-back-to-me-but-lightly

If you’d like to get in touch with us, plop us an email: club@lostmap.com

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

S5 03: March 2023 - Free Love + more

March 1, 2023 Pictish Trail

Once again, PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA have convened via the internet, to tell you all about the latest releases from Lost Map. In addition to new music from FELL, THE GN BAND, AMY MAY ELLIS and HAIRBAND, there’s also some illicit goss about certain projects that we’re not supposed to tell you about. Yet.

This month’s interview is with Glasgow acid-pop gurus, Suzi & Lewis, aka FREE LOVE, who talks us through the making of their new album, Inside - which is out now on limited edition pink vinyl, as well as a special Dinked Edition from participating record shops.

NEW MEMBERS (including Gift Subscriptions) during March 2023, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + all three releases in this the most recent VISITATIONS series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

Fell - ‘Elephants'
Amy May Ellis - ‘Wild Geese’ (clip)
The GN Band - ’The Bell Song’ (clip)
Free Love - clips of Inside
Free Love - ‘It’s A Feeling'
Hairband - ’Surfacing'

SOME INCREDIBLY USEFUL LINKS:

PostMap Club: lostmap.com/club

Free Love - Inside: lostmap.com/products/free-love-inside

Hairband - Under The Plow: lostmap.com/products/hairband-under-the-plow

Amy May Ellis - Over Ling And Bell: lostmap.com/products/free-love-inside

Fell - Mallows Marsh: lostmap.com/products/fell-mallows-marsh

If you’d like to get in touch with us, plop us an email: club@lostmap.com

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

S5 02: February 2023 - L.T. Leif + Hairband + more

February 1, 2023 Pictish Trail

It’s the first day of a new month, which means PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA are in their jammies, and ready to pod. On today’s episode, there are fresh tunes from CLÉMENTINE MARCH, SDF, and FREE LOVE to enjoy, as well as information about a brand new signing to the label roster, HAIRBAND … but first they had to make sure they expressed their opinions on the disgusting instagram advert and accompanying tour ticket prices by MADONNA. What an absolute disgrace.

This month’s interview is with Canadian songsmith L.T. LEIF, who talks us through their life in music, their move to Glasgow and the making of their new album, Come Back To Me, But Lightly - which was released late-January 2023 on limited edition vinyl via Lost Map, in association with our good friends OK Pal Records.

To support what we do at Lost Map, you should join our 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 February 2023, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + all three releases in this the most recent VISITATIONS series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo.

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EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Clémentine March - ‘Silence'

2. Hairband - ‘Unconscious Rivals’ (clip)

3. SDF - ‘Dinosaur’ (clip)

4. L.T. Leif - clips of Come Back To Me, But Lightly

5. L.T. Leif - ‘Sign On The Window'

6. Free Love - ‘Fight Or Flight'

SOME INCREDIBLY USEFUL LINKS:
PostMap Club: lostmap.com/club

Lost Map @ Celtic Connections 2023: celticconnections.com/event/1/10-years-of-lost-map

L.T. Leif - Come Back To Me, But Lightly: lostmap.com/products/lt-leif-come-back-to-me-but-lightly

Free Love - Inside: lostmap.com/products/free-love-inside

If you’d like to get in touch with us, plop us an email: club@lostmap.com

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

S4 11: December 2022 - Fell + more

December 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

Join PICTISH TRAIL (on Eigg) and LAURA (in Edinburgh) for an hour of Lost Map goodness, some gossip about our highlights of 2022, as well as some chat from FELL about the making of their new album.

PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA ramble through this month’s releases on PostMap Club, as well as unveiling their own personal non-Lost Map highlights of 2022. There’s new music from L.T. LEIF, FIRESTATIONS and SUSAN BEAR, plus all the info on our upcoming live events, as well as a track from the vaults from BALLBOY.

Our featured interview this month is with NICOLAS BURROWS of the band FELL, who talks us through his life in music, and the making of his new album, the psych-pop odyssey Mallows Marsh - the physical edition of which is released this month, on CD with an accompanying 40 page lyric book and art print. Fell are performing at our afternoon showcases for Daylight Music in London (10th Dec) and Faversham (11th Dec), as well as traveling north for our HUMBUG! Xmas showcases in Glasgow (16th Dec) and Edinburgh (17th Dec). Ticket info below.

To support everything we do at Lost Map, you should join 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 for 15% on 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. ALL NEW MEMBERS (including Gift Subscriptions) during December 2022, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + all three postcards in this year’s VISITATIONS series, by Emma Kupa, Makeness and Alliyah Enyo, delivered in time for Xmas!

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. L.T. Leif - ‘Pass Back Through'

2. Firestations - ’Swim Under The Winter’ (clip)

3. Susan Bear - ‘Bye’ Instrumental (clip)

4. Fell - tracks from Mallows Marsh

5. Fell - ‘Death Of A Naturalist’

6. Ballboy - ‘I’ve Got Pictures Of You In Your Underwear’

SOME POTENTIALLY USEFUL LINKS:

PostMap Club: lostmap.com/club

Fell - Mallows Marsh album: lostmap.com/products/fell-mallows-marsh

Ballboy - Club Anthems 2001 reissue: lostmap.com/products/ballboy-club-anthems-2001

L.T. Leif - Come Back To Me, But Lightly: lostmap.com/products/lt-leif-come-back-to-me-but-lightly

Lost Map @ Daylight Music, London: bit.ly/3zRMpmn

Lost Map @ Daylight Music, Faversham: bit.ly/3UsLUqL

Lost Map HUMBUG! tickets: lostmap.com/tickets/humbug-2022

Lost Map @ Celtic Connections 2023: celticconnections.com/event/1/10-years-of-lost-map

If you’d like to get in touch with us, plop us an email: club@lostmap.com

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

S4 10: November 2022 - VISITATIONS - Alliyah Enyo

November 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

Reunited via the internet, PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA chat through all this month’s releases on Lost Map, including a VISITATIONS EP from ALLIYAH ENYO, new music from FELL and FREE LOVE, and some ol’ classics from BALLBOY.

After a couple of months of touring and cavorting with middle-aged alt-rock heroes, PICTISH TRAIL has returned to Eigg, and realises that the Lost Map admin pile has gone out of control. Thankfully LAURA is on-hand, via internet connection from Edinburgh, to sort through this month’s releases on PostMap Club, and our upcoming live music events.

Our featured interview this month is with ALLIYAH ENYO, a multi-disciplinary artist from Edinburgh, who came up to stay in St Franny’s Bothan on Eigg in May of 2022 to take part in our VISITATIONS residency project. She chats to us about her life in music, her debut album release for Somewhere Between Tapes, her performance at Hidden Door Festival, as well as her experience on Eigg.

Also this month … we’ve got a taste of new music from FREE LOVE; an as-yet-unreleased album track from FELL; something from the vaults by BALLBOY; as well as news on a variety of upcoming label showcases - including two shows in December for DAYLIGHT MUSIC, the line-up for our HUMBUG! events in Glasgow and Edinburgh, plus info on the first of many "10th Anniversary" shows for 2023.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Ballboy - ’Donald In The Bushes With A Bag Of Glue'

2. Free Love - ‘Open The Door’ (clip)

3. Alliyah Enyo - clips of VISITATIONS 0303

4. Fell - ’The Seed'

SOME POTENTIALLY USEFUL LINKS:

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

Alliyah Enyo VISITATIONS tape: lostmap.com/products/visitations-0303

Alliyah Enyo on Instagram: instagram.com/alliyahenyo

Alliyah’s Somewhere Between Tapes release: somewherebetweentapes.bandcamp.com/album/echos-disintegration

Lost Map @ Daylight Music, London: https://bit.ly/3zRMpmn

Lost Map @ Daylight Music, Faversham: https://bit.ly/3UsLUqL

Lost Map HUMBUG! tickets: lostmap.com/tickets/humbug-2022

Ballboy - Club Anthems 2001 reissue: lostmap.com/products/ballboy-club-anthems-2001

Fell - Mallows Marsh album: lostmap.com/products/fell-mallows-marsh

Lost Map @ Celtic Connections 2023: celticconnections.com/event/1/10-years-of-lost-map

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

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

S4 08: September 2022 - VISITATIONS - Makeness

September 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

Join PICTISH TRAIL and his good pal LAURA for an hour of music and chat about all things LOST MAP, including an interview with electronic producers MAKENESS about their trip to the Isle of Eigg...

The summer is suddenly fizzling out, and so it’s back to school for PICTISH TRAIL and LAURA. There’s a run through of PICTISH TRAIL’s TOP 5 MOMENTS OF GREEN MAN FESTIVAL, which - surprise surprise - are mostly about his own performances. There’s some daft chat about Little Boots, Hot Shots Part Deux, and a very special cameo for the regular PostMap Club spiel. On top of all this, there's a taste of brand new music from MARANTA and ALEXIA AVINA, as well as some gig news and album tracks from SUSAN BEAR and DELIFINGER.

Our third series of our artist residency programme, VISITATIONS, continues with a release from London-based electronic maestros, MAKENESS, the project of London-based producer and performer Kyle Molleson and friends. Kyle journeyed up to the Isle of Eigg in February 2022, accompanied by his bandmate Gus Beamish-Cook, where they spent a week in St Franny’s Bothan writing and recording brand new material - which PostMap Club members can listen to, exclusively, in full. In this episode of the podcast, we caught up with Kyle and Gus at their local skate park, where they talk us through their life in music, and the experience they had recording on the island, featuring clips of the truly banging tracks they made together.

To support Lost Map, and to help us release more music in 2022, 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'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. Susan Bear - ‘Projection'

2. Maranta - ‘Pleasure’ (clip)

3. Alexia Avina - ‘You’ (clip)

4. Makeness - clips of VISITATIONS 0302

5. Makeness - ‘I Can See For Miles’

6. Delifinger - ‘Warm Parasite'

SOME POTENTIALLY USEFUL LINKS:

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

Makeness on Instagram: instagram.com/makeness_

Susan Bear Alter album launch, Glasgow 15th September: http://ctzn.tk/susanbear
Maranta - Deux Pleasure EP preorder: lostmap.com/products/maranta-deux-pleasure
Maranta - EP launch party, Edinburgh 5th October: lostmap.com/tickets/maranta-voodoo-rooms
Alexia Avina - Crush EP preorder: lostmap.com/products/alexia-avina-crush
Delifinger - Small Love preorder: lostmap.com/products/delifinger-small-love

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

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

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

S4 07: August 2022 - Festi-Bonkers

August 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

It’s the height of festival season, so what better way to spend an hour than in the company of three festival burn-outs, PICTISH TRAIL, LAURA and BART OWL? Join them as they purge their desires and inner-demons to recall their fantasy festival line-ups and darkest memories...

In our first episode of the podcast to be recorded IN PERSON for a long time (since the Free Love episode in 2018, or possibly the Xmas spesh with Malcolm Middleton?), PICTISH TRAIL travels down to Edinburgh to chat face-to-face with LAURA in the confines of her flat, making use of both toilets, under the watchful eye of guest co-host BART OWL. Together they share their memories of the recent HOWLIN’ FLING ISLAND FAMILY GATHERING event on Eigg, delivering all the salacious goss you’ve come to expect from this gibbering podcast. Boobs at the moon? Drunken ceilidh dancing? Two toilets? It’s all in here.

Continuing our festival theme, we've got a clip of a Howlin’ Fling live session from COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS recorded during her visit to Eigg - the full video version of which is available exclusively to POSTMAP CLUB members. We’ve also got new PostMap music from DELIFINGER and THE GN BAND - who respectively offer some insight into their dream festival line-ups and nightmare hellscapes.

We’ve even got a special edition of our First Gig Worst Gig segment, with Oliver from SDF guiding us through his own sordid weekender experiences in FIRST FEST/WORST FEST. It’s almost like being there. So much so, during all the excitement, we’ve lost our pal L.T. LEIF somewhere on site - but they’ve just left us a message telling us where we can find them…

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Pictish Trail - ‘Remote Control'
2. Courtney Marie Andrews - ‘Loose Future’ (Howlin’ Fling Session) (clip)

3. Delifinger - ‘I Don’t Even Want To Know’ (clip)
4. The GN Band - ‘It’s Nuts’ (clip)
5. SDF - ‘Broken Glass’

6. LT Leif / OK Jazz - ’Skype Me'

SOME USEFUL LINKS:

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

SDF Rhythm Of The Rubicon pre-order: https://www.lostmap.com/products/sdf-rhythm-of-the-rubicon

L.T. Leif - Introducing tape: https://www.lostmap.com/products/lt-leif-introducing

Pictish Trail upcoming tour dates: https://pictishtrail.co.uk/gigz

You can find Pictish Trail, Laura and Bart over on Twitter: @pictishtrail @dohoodle & @Bart_Owl

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

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

June 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

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 04: May 2022 - VISITATIONS - Emma Kupa

May 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

A new month means a new pod, but Pictish Trail isn’t even sure what day of the week it is, let alone month … luckily Laura ‘LoHoDo’ is on-board to help steer us through this month’s PostMap Club releases, including the return of our residency project, VISITATIONS...

Back on the Eigg! After a month of touring, PICTISH TRAIL is suddenly realising that he should have done a lot more admin while on the road, and a lot less research of the locations of motorway service stations with a Greggs bakery; meanwhile Lost Map’s in-house sonic-sommelier, LAURA DOHERTY rejoins the pod, and fills us in on the various boozes she’s imbibed whilst pretending to watch a gig.

We are delighted to announce the return of V I S I T ▲ T I O N S, our residency series on the Isle of Eigg, where we invite musicians to stay on the island, and record new music for us. We have integrated the project into our POSTMAP CLUB series, and our featured interview this month is with indie-pop singer-songwriter, EMMA KUPA - who stayed at St Franny’s Bothan for a week in late-June 2021. She tells us of her beginnings in music, her work with STANDARD FARE, THE HAYMAN KUPA BAND, MAMMOTH PENGUINS, as well as the story behind her debut solo album, and - of course - the time she spent on the island making a nine-track mini-album for VISITATIONS. All PostMap Club members will receive the music she made, immediately, and a stand-alone limited edition cassette version will be available to pre-order later this month, due for release mid-June 2022.

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 GORDON McINTYRE and SUSAN BEAR - as well as album tracks from releases by ALEXIA AVINA and ALABASTER dePLUME.

EPISODE TRACKLISTING:

1. Alexia Avina - ‘A Little Older’

2. Gordon McIntyre - ’I Crave Rivers, I Crave Seas’ (clip)

3. Susan Bear - ’Mario Golf 2’ (clip)

4. Emma Kupa - clips of VISITATIONS

5. Emma Kupa - ‘CCTV'

6. Alabaster dePlume - ’I’m Gonna Say 7’

SOME USEFUL LINKS:

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

VISITATIONS: lostmap.com/visitations

Alabaster dePlume 2022 touring, GOLD: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBDSBPK5qQ/

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 01: February 2022 - Bas Jan, Maranta + More

February 1, 2022 Pictish Trail

Your favourite podcast about a Hebridean record label is back with a brand new series, and an all new format (that is actually totally the same as the last series, but with a co-host, and maybe 30% more swearing).

Isle of Eigg-dwelling / Buckfast-swilling maestro and label boss, PICTISH TRAIL is accompanied by his good pal, Scottish internet Z-List celebrity LAURA ‘Dohoodle’ DOHERTY, for a brand new, slightly revamped series of the Lost Map Podcast.

In our feature piece, all four members of BAS JAN tell us about the making of their critically acclaimed brand new album, Baby U Know. And Callum and Gloria from Edinburgh synth-poppers MARANTA join us for our regular segment, FIRST GIG WORST GIG. This segment contains a description of sexual assault. [39:00 - 46:00]

As always, we’ve got a selection of tracks from this month’s POSTMAP CLUB mail-out, including clips of new music by ALABASTER dePLUME and JENNY MOORE’S MYSTIC BUSINESS, as well as tracks from forthcoming LP releases by SAVAGE MANSION and Pictish himself.

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 also receive a membership badge, 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.