Happy New Year! Congratulations - you survived 2023. If your New Year’s Resolution is to follow the exploits of a independent record label based on a remote island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland, well then you’ve come to the right place ...

It’s the start of a brand new year, and your ol’ pal PICTISH TRAIL is here to massage your inevitable Hogmanay Hangover with an hour of musical goodness from the LOST MAP label. We’ve got tunes for you from SULKA, MAKENESS, KINBOTE and SUSAN BEAR, plus a bit of goss about some upcoming Pictish tour dates, and the inside scoop on a Lost Map showcase at the Social in London.

Our featured interview this month is with VICTORIA HUME, who talks us through the making of her brand new album Radical Abundance - a collection of songs about the state of capitalism, the destruction it’s caused, the inevitabilities it’s created … and looking towards what might emerge next. It’s inspired by the book Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel and it’s based around interviews Victoria conducted with Hickel as well as other activists and agitators. Radical Abundance is out on 19th January on limited edition CD with printed zine.

To support what we do at Lost Map, you should join our membership club - PostMap Club! Membership starts at just £3, and you'll receive printed postcards delivered to your door every month, containing download codes for new music from the label. You'll receive a badge, too - as well as a newsletter and a discount of 15% on all records, CDs, tapes and other merch in our webshop. Digital & gift memberships are also available. Visit lostmap.com/club for details on how to join.

NEW MEMBERS (including Gift Subscriptions) during January 2024, will receive a bumper pack of postcards + TEN YEARS OF LOST MAP, a brand new double CD containing 44 of our best tracks from the last decade!