I stumbled across Lotus Unfolding by Ozric Tentacles late in 2025 and gave it a good listen. I’ve known about the band for years but never really gave them a thorough listen before. Then I saw they were playing live at Concorde 2 in Brighton, with System 7 as a support band and decided to get a ticket. What an amazing concert!

Lotus Unfolding is the band’s sixteenth studio album. The album was released on 20 October 2023. Written, recorded and produced by frontman Ed Wynne and his son Silas Neptune on keyboards and synth, Brandi Wynne on bass, and Saskia Maxwell on flute, as well as several other musicians.