Pictish Trail – Life Slime
Description
Pictish Trail's 'Life Slime' is a captivating indie album that explores themes of existence and emotion through a unique soundscape. Released by Fire Records, this collection showcases the artist's distinctive style and creativity.
Highlights
- Genre: Indie
- Release Date: April 24, 2026
- Label: Fire Records
- Format: CD
Track Listing
01. Hold It
02. Life Slime
03. Toxic Spillage
04. Battery Pack
05. Another Way
01. Sorry Eyes
02. Infinity Ooze
03. Crystal Cave
04. Torch Song
05. Werewolf Ending
Format Details
- Label: Fire Records
- Genre: Indie
- Release Date: 2026-04-24
- Format: CD
Item Information
Artist: Pictish Trail
Title: Life Slime
Genre: Indie & Alternative
Label: Fire Records
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.
- Media Condition: Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
- Format: CD
- Availability : PRE ORDER
- Genre: ALT/INDIE
- Format Type: CD
- Released: 2026-04-24
