Feel Good

The cosmic grooves on these next-­gen neo-­soul stars\' second album can be epitomized with just one track: On “Wanders of the Mind,” watery guitar notes cascade into a rippling pool, while a burble of alien percussion evaporates from the murk and a languorous vocal floats over a hypnotic snare. Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians\' leftfield R&B is lush, jazzy, and soulful, applying fever­-dream logic to orchestrations that are both earthy and intergalactic.

Despite Syd tha Kid and Matt Martian's affiliation with Odd Future, the bubbly neo-soul on Purple Naked Ladies, their 2011 debut as the Internet, felt largely disconnected from the larger collective's oeuvre. On their sophomore album, Feel Good, the Internet continue along this path, sharpening their songwriting and slowly reigning in their propensity to wander.

The Odd Future duo celebrate nearly knocking the actual internet off the top of Google's search results with a second album.

Like they were Sade for the Odd Future crowd or Amp Fiddler with more of an indie spin, the Internet (vocalist Syd the Kyd and producer Matt Martians) coast and coo their way across a more mature batch of neo-soul on their sophomore album, the aptly titled Feel Good.

Sometimes, a simply titled album delivers more oomph and savvy compared to more elaborately, creatively titled colleagues.