THE PICTISH TRAIL is the nom de plume of 28-yr-old singer-songwriter Johnny Lynch, who – alongside Kenny Anderson (aka King Creosote) – runs micro-indie DIY-folk collective Fence Records, in a remote fishing village in Fife, Scotland.  His music is a sonorous mixture of acoustic-driven balladry and lo-fi synthesised pop, that has been described as “a post-summer trove of sun-warped electro, anamorphic folk” (Plan B Magazine).

Over the past 7 years he’s recorded various mini-albums, EP’s and singles of his own material for the Fence label – working with a number of artists such as King Creosote, KT Tunstall, James Yorkston, The Red Well and The Earlies along the way, amongst a legion of others.  The Pictish Trail’s debut full-length album, Secret Soundz Vol.1, was released in 2008, to glowing reviews: “Glorious, 4 STARS” MOJO  //  “4 STARS” Metro  //   “Compulsory listening, 4 STARS” The Observer  //  “Limitless imagination” NME.  In 2009, Johnny embarked on an extensive tour of the album – playing shows across the UK, main-land Europe and America.  Earlier this year, he released an album of brand new material – an electronic-pop collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Adem – under the name SILVER COLUMNS.

On tour with Josie Long throughout the Autumn of 2010, Johnny is promoting the release of a new Pictish Trail EP, In Rooms, which contains 50 songs – each 30 seconds in length!  The EP was born out of the 100 Days Project that Josie started at the end of 2009 – Johnny’s project was to write & record a new 30-second song every day.  The result is a collection of süper-concentrated pop, ranging from the plaintive to the playful.  Expect live performances to be intimate, funny, endearing … and maybe a wee bit haphazard too!