“Show LA R&B group The Internet a trend and they’ll buck it. Give them a recipe for making pop records and the group’s founders Odd Future cohorts Syd Tha Kid and Matt Martians will most likely toss in a bunch of sriracha sauce and nitroglycerin just to see what happens. So when it came to topping their Grammy nominated third album ‘Ego Death’, they were always going to give us something a little i”
“The Internet return with the exhilarating, gorgeous Hive Mind”
““They gon’ get us to / Come together.” So goes the mantra at the very beginning of Hive Mind, Los Angeles collective The Internet’s first album since the breakthrough of 2015’s GRAMMY-nominated third LP, Ego Death. It’s a fitting opener, as Hive Mind also marks the reunion of its members—Syd (vocalist/songwriter), Matt Martians (producer), Steve Lacy (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter), Patrick Paige ”
“The fourth album from the R&B collective is a peak example of their combined powers. It simplifies their sound with soft-focus blues, plush arrangements, and deep-in-the-ground grooves.”
“In the three years since The Internet released ‘Ego Death’ much has happened to accelerate their metamorphosis from Odd Future spin-off neo-soul curio to bona fide pop-RnB personalities. Following a Grammy nomination, four of the quintet have released well-received solo albums, collaborations have bloomed beyond the standard Odd Future family to include the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Sampha and Lana”
“Pretty much all the awkward kinks in The Internet's previous albums evaporate on Hive Mind.”
