{"product_id":"pictish-trail-life-slime","title":"Pictish Trail - Life Slime","description":"\u003cp data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date 10th April 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToxic Lagoon Blue Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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. ‘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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuotes:\u003cbr\u003e“Endlessly inventive” Uncut.\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderfully weird pop” Brooklyn Vegan.\u003cbr\u003e“A favourite artist of ours” – Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music.\u003cbr\u003e“Certifiably musically mad, and we love him for it.” - Roddy Hart, BBC Radio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hundred Records","offers":[{"title":"Toxic Lagoon Blue Vinyl LP","offer_id":56226109882748,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56226109915516,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0283\/9012\/9750\/files\/Pictish_Trail_-_Life_Slime_LP_render_1.jpg?v=1768317036","url":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/pictish-trail-life-slime","provider":"Hundred Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}