{"product_id":"pictish-trail-life-slime","title":"Pictish Trail 'Life Slime'","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether, these tracks form a cohesive album statement about surrender, resistance, change and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Endlessly inventive” \u003cstrong\u003eUncut\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderfully weird pop” \u003cstrong\u003eBrooklyn Vegan\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A favourite artist of ours” – \u003cstrong\u003eLauren Laverne\u003c\/strong\u003e, BBC 6 Music. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Certifiably musically mad, and we love him for it.” - \u003cstrong\u003eRoddy Hart\u003c\/strong\u003e, BBC Radio Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1. Hold It \u003cbr\u003eA2. Life Slime \u003cbr\u003eA3. Toxic Spillage \u003cbr\u003eA4. Battery Pack \u003cbr\u003eA5. Another Way \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1. Sorry Eyes \u003cbr\u003eB2. Infinity Ooze \u003cbr\u003eB3. Crystal Cave \u003cbr\u003eB4. Torch Song \u003cbr\u003eB5. Werewolf Ending\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP - Toxic Lagoon Blue","offer_id":56570328285561,"sku":"FIRELP812C","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56570328318329,"sku":"FIRECD812","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0238\/8053\/files\/PictishTrail-LifeSlime.jpg?v=1770825987","url":"https:\/\/cargorecordsdirect.co.uk\/products\/pictish-trail-life-slime","provider":"Cargo Independent Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}