Pictish Trail (full band show)

A rare full-band performance from a Cluny favourite.

Pictish Trail, AKA Johnny Lynch, has completed work on a brand-new album LIFE SLIME- a goo-soaked swirl of songs about decay, renewal, and the weird sensation of things falling apart and re-forming in unexpected shapes. Written on Eigg, and recorded in various locations with producer Mike Lindsay (Tunng / LUMP) and long-time collaborator Rob Jones, it's an album that clings to you: sticky, sentimental, gently acidic.After a run of intimate solo shows, this will be the first time to hear these songs with a full band. Expect tenderness, weirdness, and a generous dollop of goo.

Based on the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Hebrides, Pictish Trail is known for his wildly inventive electro-acoustic psych-pop. His 2022 album Island Family, his third for London's Fire Records, drew acclaim from The Observer, The Times, Mojo, Uncut, Loud & Quiet, and BBC 6 Music. It was followed in autumn 2024 by Follow Footsteps - an EP of reworked Island Family tracks released via his own Lost Map Records, in conjunction with Fire. Recasting the euphoric-bucolic psychedelia of 'Island Family', 'Melody Something' and 'Nuclear Sunflower Swamp' through a softer filter - and complemented by a pair of incidental instrumentals - Lynch discovered delicately kaleidoscopic new resonance in the material.

Pictish Trail has toured the world as both headliner and support for the likes of Belle & Sebastian, Pavement, Mogwai, Sea Power, and KT Tunstall. He's performed at major festivals including Glastonbury (Park Stage), Field Day, Camp Bestival, Deer Shed, Celtic Connections, Blue Dot, the Edinburgh Fringe, and every single edition of Green Man Festival (22 and counting). Outside his own music, Johnny is a key figure in the UK's independent music scene. Through Lost Map Records, he has championed a diverse and idiosyncratic roster - helping to elevate artists such as Rozi Plain, Alabaster dePlume, Seamus Fogarty, Bas Jan, Callum Easter, and Free Love.