‘Life Slime’ is the brand-new single by isle of Eigg-based Scottish psychedelic folk ogre Johnny Lynch, AKA Pictish Trail. Full of suitably squelching analogue synths, it reflects a weary acceptance of time moving forward, a relationship’s end, the quiet endurance of emotional disaster and the feeling of life slipping through your fingers, like so much slime.
The spectacularly slimy video for ‘Life Slime’ features Pictish Trail attempting to set the Guinness World Record for “most amount of slime poured over an individual during a music video performance” (official record verification pending).
On ‘Life Slime’, Pictish Trail writes:
“If the album’s first single ‘Hold It’ was about trying to stop time, ‘Life Slime’ is about accepting that it doesn’t. The song sits with the finality of a relationship ending, and the collapse of identity and self-worth that follows. ‘Finally, we’re gone, gone, gone.’ When the idea of ‘we’ disappears, you’re left with a numbness, feelings of bleak inevitability, and the knowledge that there’s no way back. “There’s a moment in the middle where the slime catches fire and the line ‘this is fine’ repeats – a nod to the meme of the cartoon dog calmly drinking tea while everything burns. That image perfectly captured the feeling I was trying to express: existing inside an emotional disaster, fully aware of how bad it is, but too worn down to react. For me, this song is a weary sigh – not dramatic grief, just resignation. Acknowledging the ending, and whatever darkness comes with it.”
A few words from the producer Beth Allan (Forest Of Black):
We wanted to capture quite a simple and direct performance from Johnny in this one, so the set-up is clean and graphical and we were privileged to get some very real emotions. Thanks Johnny, it’s a beautiful track…Of course we also wanted to completely cover him in warm pink slime! And Johnny wanted it too. So we were cooking up huge pots of slime alongside filming. In the end we poured over 170 litres.
Available On: Primordial Blue-in-Pink Goo Edition Vinyl, Toxic Blue Lagoon Edition vinyl with alternate cover artwork (Shop Exclusive) and CD.
LIVE DATES
23 Apr: Tolbooth, Stirling, UK
24 Apr: Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, UK
25 Apr: The Tunnels, Aberdeen, UK
26 Apr: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
27 Apr: The Attic, Leeds, UK
28 Apr: La Belle Angle, Edinburgh, UK
01 May: The Pink Room, Yes, Manchester, UK
02 May: The John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, UK
03 May: Billy Bootleggers, Nottingham, UK
04 May: The Prince Albert, Stroud, UK
05 May: Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate, UK
06 May: Boileroom, Guildford, UK
07 May: The Barrel House, Totnes, UK
08 May: Alphabet, Brighton, UK
09 May: The Legion Club, Wendover, UK
10 May: The Lexington, London, UK
04 Jul: The Rockfield Centre, Oban, UK
05 Jul: Kelburn Garden Party, Kelburn, UK
13 Aug: The Gregson, Lancaster, UK
21 Aug: Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK
