Purple Naked Ladies
Odd Future\'s Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians have teamed up under the moniker The Internet to create something that sounds like a mix of the soundtracks of *Super Fly* and *Barbarella*, along with a steamy serving of their own innovative styles. The mostly instrumental “Violet Nude Woman” sets the album’s tone with analog synthesizers bubbling alongside geometric beats and a background of cooing vocals, recalling the theme song to the original *Star Trek* TV series. The slightly more contemporary “They Say” still percolates with weird Moog sounds, but Syd the Kyd’s sultry vocal approach keeps things relevant, especially with soulful self-harmonies and in the moments when Martians’ smoky inflections seep into the tune. The synthesizer-heavy “Cocaine” starts with Vangelis-esque textures before the song shape-shifts into a simmering future-disco slow jam. Syd’s rhyming skills surface in “Ode to a Dream,” but it’s singing-based numbers like “Web of Me” that flatter her best.
The debut LP from Odd Future DJ Syd tha Kid and her OFWGKTA cohort Matt Martians mixes neo-soul, experimental jazz, and funk but lacks the collective's usual take-no-prisoners confidence.
Great neo-soul balances bump against drift—rhythmic pulse vs. coasting ambiance—and even when things get weird, it is beholden to that almighty groove. But Purple Naked Ladies, the debut album by Odd Future R&B spin-off The Internet, sounds like it’s running diagonally over the works. A woozy swirl of exotica,…
As the Internet released their debut album digitally at the end of 2011, this dreamy, dark duo benefitted from their relationship with the controversial hip-hop crew Odd Future, just on mentions in the press.
The latest offshoot from LA hip-hop misfits Odd Future is an intriguing collection of jazzy neo-soul, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
<p>Odd Future member Syd Bennett voyages to the outer limits of R&B on this deeply strange album, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies review: While The Internet certainly appear capable of hitting the mark, Purple Naked Ladies falters because it attempts to be far more than it is, leaving it as nothing more than a broken collection of half-realized ideas<script src=