Purple Naked Ladies

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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 <i>Super Fly</i> and <i>Barbarella</i>, 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 <i>Star Trek</i> 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.

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