Daylight Music 390 | Afterlands, Flo Lines + Pictish Trail | Doors midday. Music begins at 1pm

Arctic Circle's Daylight Music has, for over fifteen years, become an important part of London’s live music scene, with a weird and wonderful mix of musicians presenting ideas and storytelling in music and sound, alongside delicious cake, in some of the most splendid and iconic venues.

Anything but boring and predictable, the label’s guiding voice Pictish Trail will debut new songs and stories alongside the Scottish Album of the Year nominees Afterlands. We will also introduce you to a new voice and member of the label - producer and songwriter Flo-Lines.

Anything but boring and predictable, debuting new songs and stories will be the labels guiding voice Pictish Trail alongside the Scottish Album of the Year nominees Afterlands. We will also introduce you to a new voice and member of the label - producer and songwriter Flo-Lines.

When the pandemic descended, Rick Anthony (The Phantom Band / Rick Redbeard) and David McAulay (Strike the Colours) began exchanging ideas remotely, creating the contours of what would become their new project together Afterlands. The captivating album We Are the Animals in the Night’released in 2023 on Lost Map carves a crepuscular sound world, where shadows, dreams, memories and fears overlap and intertwine with astonishing results as you’ll hear firsthand today.

Released as part of Lost Map’s Postmap Club subscription service, Flo Lines's debut single I was biding my time revealed an extended collage-like approach to music making, informed by her background in radio production and audio-visual art. Combining sounds both found and played, she blends compositions from different takes of songs captured in different spaces both indoors and out, to create slow sonic medleys that transport the listener through different places and feelings.

Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder Pictish Trail, AKA Johnny Lynch, released his fifth album Island Family in 2022 to critical acclaim from The Observer and The Times to Mojo, Uncut, Loud & Quiet and BBC 6 Music. Having toured the world both as a headliner and as support for artists including Belle & Sebastian, Pavement, Mogwai, Sea Power, Slow Club and KT Tunstall, he has performed at festivals including Glastonbury, Field Day, Bestival, Deer Shed, Celtic Connections, the Edinburgh Fringe and ­Green Man* (*all 22 instalments to date).

“Daylight Music offers a chance to just drop in, listen to some wonderful music and soak up the venue’s lovely atmosphere.” - Time Out, 101 things to do in London

Pay-What-You-Can entry (we suggest £12 adult) on the door, subject to availability/capacity. An event for all ages. As always with this series we endeavour to make our audience feel as safe, comfortable and welcome as we possibly can