Nearly three years on from their self-titled debut, Psyché return with a new album that reinvigorates and expands their singular blend of groove and psychedelia. The band's name itselfthe ancient Greek word for 'mind' or 'soul'signals a deep-rooted love for psychedelic funk, while pointing towards a vast array of Mediterranean influences spanning Southern Europe, the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Maghreb. While their first record explored a mythical, timeless Mediterranean as a sort of 'elsewhere'reimagining ancient musical traditions through modern styles and sensibilitiesPsyché II adds a subtle political dimension and shifts the focus toward a wider, more contemporary geography. Here, the Mediterranean becomes a modern lingua franca a fluid bridge uniting diverse peoples, cultures, and musical legacies. In this vision, the band's native Naples serves as a vibrant crossroads where sounds from North Africa and the Middle East meet the echoes of distant shores like Brazil and Colombia. The album's core strength is the band's mastery of restrainttheir minimalist style. Veterans Marcello Giannini, Andrea De Fazio, Paolo Petrella, and Roberto Porzioall central figures in the Neapolitan scene through projects like Parbleu, Bassolino, and the Nu Genea Live Bandexcel at creating engaging, hypnotic music defined by few elements but deep, pulsating grooves. Their sound traverses cosmic funk and desert blues, cumbia, dub, and jazz, anchored by the use of analogue synths and propulsive basslines. The record gains further international and political weight through collaborations with Ziad Trabelsi on "Hurriya (We Must Resist)", an Anatolian-rock-style celebration of resilience and freedom with lyrics in Arabic, and Merve Dademir (formerly of Altn Gün) on "Yallah!", a proud unmasking of duplicity sung in Turkish and built upon the exotic rhythm of a Middle Eastern-inspired dance. Psyché II is the distillation of a journey through cultures and identities: an album where cross-pollination and a nomadic spirit become the tenets of a contemporary soundat once rooted in the Mediterranean and open to the world.

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Genre

Non-EU World Music

Format

LP · 1 disc

Release

08-05-2026

Label

Four Flies

Item-nr

1321667

EAN

0637902679074

Availability

In stock