Pictish Trail – Life Slime (Toxic Lagoon Blue Vinyl)

Description

Pictish Trail's 'Life Slime' is a captivating indie release presented on Toxic Lagoon Blue Vinyl. This album features a unique blend of experimental sounds and thought-provoking lyrics, showcasing the artist's innovative approach to music.

Highlights

Limited edition Toxic Lagoon Blue Vinyl
Released by Fire Records
Genre: Indie
Includes multiple tracks with Black Noi$e Inversion
Release date: April 24, 2026

Track Listing

01. A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge Part 1 (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge Part 2 (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. Ouroboros Is Broken (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. Geometry Of Murder (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. German Dental Work (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. Divine And Bright (Black Noi$e Inversion)

01. Dissolution I (Black Noi$e Inversion)

Format Details

Label: Fire Records
Genre: Indie
Release Date: 2026-04-24
Format: Vinyl

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.

Format: Vinyl
Availability : PRE ORDER
Genre: ALT/INDIE
Format Type: LP
Released: 2026-04-24