For today’s Daily Discovery we sail across the Mare Nostrum, stopping in Naples and Tunisia with Psyché and their new single “Hurriya (We Must Resist)” out via Four Flies Records.

Something extraordinary happens when the Mediterranean becomes a musical highway rather than a barrier. The Naples-based collective have been exploring this territory since their acclaimed 2023 debut; their recent collaboration with Ziad Trabelsi pushes the focus decisively towards voice and oud.

Trabelsi takes lead vocal and oud inside an electric lineup of drums, bass, guitar and synth. Afrobeat-derived rhythmic patterns run beneath Arabic melodic phrasing, with the oud carrying a short recurring motif that stays prominent across long sections. The electric parts keep to supporting roles, keeping attention on the oud figure and the vocal line.

“Hurriya” translates as freedom, and the band present the song as a direct statement on resistance, captured in their line, “we must resist. We must refuse to disappear.” The Neapolitan lineup of Marcello Giannini, Andrea De Fazio, Paolo Petrella and Roberto Porzio brings players linked to projects including Nu Genea, Bassolino, Parbleu and The Funkin Machine, and that shared background comes through in how tightly the arrangement stays organised while the oud and voice lead.

Released digitally on 12 December 2025, “Hurriya (We Must Resist)” also arrives as a 7-inch vinyl on 23 January 2026, with an extended version reserved for the B-side. It stands as the second single taken from the forthcoming album Psyché II, due in early 2026.

Stream and listen to the single and its B-side HERE