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both KC and PT will be selling their respective new albums at this gig on Sunday

you can't get them anywhere else (honest!)

not on the internet or nuhin'

EXCLUSIVE

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so here's a bit about the new Pictish Trail album...

Aye, so Secret Soundz Vol. 1 has ten tracks on it. As I mentioned in a previous blog, you may well have heard a few of the songs before - in some shape or form. All of the tracks have been re-mastered by my other good pal, Reuben Taylor. And some have been rerecorded / touched-up / violated. The songs i did with The Earlies, a wee while ago, are on there in re-mastered form.

My friend Rich Amino doesn't like it when artists re-release "old" songs. He thinks it's a bit of a cop out. Personally, i don't think this album is 'revisionist'. For me, it's the definitive versions of these songs - released in a proper fashion. So ner.

Here's the tracklist, then ...

1) secret sound #2
2) all i own
3) i don't know where to begin
4) secret sound #1
5) words fail me now
6) ribbon (the twist)
7) winter home disco
8) the lighthouse
9) into the smoke
10) secret sound #5

Why is it called Secret Soundz Vol. 1? Well, there are a few reasons.

1) Primarily, it's named after a record shop I used to frequent when I lived in Connecticut. It was called Secret Sounds. And it was pretty much the best record store i've been to in my life, and the main source for all the music that made me love music. Sadly, the shop doesn't exist anymore.

2) The title is also a nod to one of my favourite bands - Pavement - and their song 'Gold Soundz'. Which, you'll have noticed, has a 'z' at the end. And the song's refrain is "i keep your address to myself 'cause we need secrets we need secrets crets crets crets crets crets back right now".

3) It's also a tip of the hat to Fence, with Lone Pigeon's 28 Secret Tracks - one of the first Fence titles i listened to.

Happy now?

I'm happy. I'm relieved. I've finally got something finished. Woohooo!

Why can't you buy it in the webshop, or in your favourite independent record store yet? Well, i'm holding onto it until September, before i give it a proper release. September 8th, to be precise. I'm sending it out to press/magazine editors this month in the vain hope that it'll garner some favourable reviews come September. Gulp. We're a tiny label, with absolutely no budget for marketing whatsoever ... so my hopes aren't high ... but you never know.

HOWEVER ... if you really want a copy right now, you can buy it over the summer at Pictish Trail gigs / festival appearances.

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THE PICTISH TRAIL

The Picts lived in north and east Scotland in the 3rd to 9th centuries AD. We know little of their history as very few records survive. Today, Johnny Lynch resides in the East Neuk of Fife and runs Fence Records with Kenny Anderson.

Normally, The Pictish Trail has a penchant for madcap folky nonsense, soft melodic meandering, and custard creams. Here, he takes the weird and wonderful Fence Collective out with him on tour to carry his guitars, make him tea and help promote his new album ‘Secret Soundz Vol 1’. Currently comprising of King Creosote, OnTheFly, Uncle Beesly and Captain Geeko The Dead Aviator – this band will blow your preconceptions of Fence being ‘folk’ out of the water.

http://www.myspace.com/pictishtrail
http://www.fencerecords.com

[chilli]

Sunday nights heavyweight line-up & the ensuing excellence will make up for
the lightweight schedule of The Lemon Tree.........in the interim.........

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and if anyone is harking back for The Lemon Tree vibe of old, KC and band will be belting out some old Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra numbers as a wee treat also...

[Frosty Jack]

Originally Posted by offramp

and if anyone is harking back for The Lemon Tree vibe of old, KC and band will be belting out some old Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra numbers as a wee treat also...

Excellent...
*digs out para boots*

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TONIGHT!

It's good to have the LT back,eh...

[Sam L4]

Any chance of rough stage times?

[Graeme]

Originally Posted by Sam L4

Any chance of rough stage times?

Pictish Trail 8.30
King Creosote 9.45

[chilli]

Originally Posted by Graeme

Pictish Trail 8.30
King Creosote 9.45

that is
TONIGHT