Photograph courtesy of James Yorkston
As we announced last week, The Pictish Trail has been busy getting together the line-up for the ace, inaugural Howlin’ Fling festival, where he, along with the rest of the Lost Maps roster, will be joined by Alexis Taylor, Luke Abbott, Beth Orton and more on the Isle of Eigg from July 18-20. He also told us that he’s signed to Moshi Moshi, through whom he’ll be reissuing his two albums, Secret Soundz Vol. 1 from 2008 and last year’s Secret Soundz Vol. 2. We’ve now got further details of those releases: they’ll be out on June 9 and available on limited edition gatefold vinyl, gatefold CD and download. To mark the news, The Pictish Trail is giving away Vol. 2‘s tender piano sketch ‘I’ve Been Set Upon’ for free – listen below and get hold of it from his Facebook page:
He’ll also be off on tour in May, following a DJ set at Edinburgh’s Hidden Door festival on March 31, and will be presenting a Lost Map showcase featuring himself, Monoganon, Tuff Love, comedian Josie Long and others in London on May 18 – have a look at the dates below:
MAY
Sat 3 – Brew At The Bog, Bogbain, Inverness
Sun 4 – The Big Beach Ball, Aberdeen
Mon 5 – Spirit of Speyside festival, Elgin
Wed 7 – The Redd Suite, Dundee
Fri 9 – Night And Day Café, Manchester
Fri 16 – Old Bookshop, Bristol
Sat 17 – Old Bookshop, Bristol (afternoon matinee) and South Street Arts, Reading
Sun 18 – Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London w/ Monoganon, Tuff Love, Josie Long and more TBA
Mon 19 – Junction 2, Cambridge
Thu 22 – Railway Inn, Winchester
Sat 24 – Old Continental, Preston
JULY
Fri 18-Sun 20 – Howlin’ Fling festival, Eigg
AUGUST
Sat 2 – Cloudspotting festival, Blackburn
