LISTEN: Upupayāma Immerses In Otherworldly Psychedelia On “Fliiim”

Due for release May 29 2026, on Fuzz Club, Honesty Flowers is the fourth studio album from Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari under the Upupayāma moniker. An epic double-album set, it finds Upupayāma’s ever-mind-blowing brew of organic psychedelic rock meets global grooves at its most percussive, lively, and distorted. Equally hedonistic and heady, it courses through rhythmic funk grooves, doubled-down scorched-fuzz riffing, winding motorik jams, tranquil drones, and pastoral acid-folk across its 70-minute runtime.

A six-piece band live, where things take a more ever-evolving improvisation-based approach (see their recent ‘Live At Fuzz Club Festival ’25’ LP), on the recordings, Ferrari writes, plays, and records everything himself – guitars, keys, flute, sitar, and an arsenal of percussion all feature. Never not working on new music, Ferrari started laying down these new tracks in his home barn studio in a small mountain village overlooking the city of Parma before its 2024 predecessor, Mount Elephant, even hit the racks. The result was mixed by Chris Smith at Kluster Sounds (Kikagaku Moyo, Wax Machine) and mastered by Joseph Carra (King Gizzard, Babe Rainbow, ORB). 

“Fliiim,” the second preview of the one-person recording project’s anticipated new album, pulsates with intensity. Drawing on otherworldly influences, seemingly stemming from deep thought about the mundane, Ferrari can immerse every nuance of this single in a cloak of accessibility. From the psychedelic, searing lead guitars to the subtle chants that dot the performance, and the hypnotic percussion bubbling underneath it all, this cacophony of solace fits years of practice and earned prowess into a tight, unforgettable listen. This is jazz fusion for the world, influenced by the droves of listeners it hopes to reach, an organically colorful production with drama, romance, and suspense. Under Upupayāma, Ferrari’s mind is free to roam to wondrous places, and he invites us to join him on this vision quest with the release of “Fliiim,” a mesmerizing push towards an album that is as bold as the musician creating it.