{"product_id":"release-date-17-04-26-psych-ii","title":"Psyche II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile their first record explored a mythical, timeless Mediterranean as a sort of ‘elsewhere’—reimagining ancient musical traditions through modern styles and sensibilities—Psyché II adds a subtle political dimension and shifts the focus toward a wider, more contemporary geography.\n\u003cbr\u003eHere, 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.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe album’s core strength is the band's mastery of restraint—their minimalist style. Veterans Marcello Giannini, Andrea De Fazio, Paolo Petrella, and Roberto Porzio—all central figures in the Neapolitan scene through projects like Parbleu, Bassolino, and the Nu Genea Live Band—excel 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.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 (formerly of Altın Gün) on \"Yallah!\", a proud unmasking of duplicity sung in Turkish and built upon the exotic rhythm of a Middle Eastern-inspired dance.\n\u003cbr\u003ePsyché 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 sound—at once rooted in the Mediterranean and open to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capsule Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58131254411645,"sku":"FLIES81","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/3826\/8152\/files\/cover_2edd9db4-e34b-4cf0-9b1a-84980c644ac1.jpg?v=1778140228","url":"https:\/\/capsulerecords.co.uk\/products\/release-date-17-04-26-psych-ii","provider":"Capsule Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}