Formed in 2012, LOCEAN (recently featured in an exclusive feature on IDIOTEQ at this location) found its collective feet through a shared passion for genre apocalypse; live improvisation, raucous live shows and sonic exorcism. Signed in 2019 to the Houston-based label Artificial Head Records (Baby Birds, Funeral Horse and Terminal Cheesecake) for the release of their exquisite debut album, Chav Anglais, the experimental Mancunians return this December with their most exploratory recordings yet; Top Ten Zen Meditations. “Top Ten Zen Mediations is a return to the early, unhinged phase of Locean,” explains vocalist Lauren Bolger. “It documents two phases of the band. Two line-ups of people, two different sets of tension and intimacy in the room. Therefore, the whole album has a dual contrasti...
