{"product_id":"pictish-trail-life-slime","title":"Pictish Trail - Life Slime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Slime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsland Family,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efurther 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\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Liars, Mercury Rev, Beck, John Grant, Empire of the Sun, Grandaddy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cargo Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Toxic Lagoon Blue","offer_id":51848194982200,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/5803\/3464\/files\/Pictish_Trail_-_Life_Slime_LP_render_1.webp?v=1772465972","url":"https:\/\/www.deadsearecords.co.uk\/products\/pictish-trail-life-slime","provider":"Dead Sea Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}