There are many reasons why the Internet are the sound of the summer, not least because their line-up is so achingly 2018. A band made up of five mostly LA kids, they are fronted by Syd, a nonchalantly charismatic queer black woman, while another member, Steve Lacy, is a 20-year-old prodigy being touted as the new Pharrell. The only question mark is the sound. Irresistible as it is, it gets called neosoul, or contemporary funk — or, scariest yet, acid jazz. Sitting in a small trailer with all five, I take a deep breath and say the unthinkable: acid jazz, as in, Jamiroquai?

“A huge influence!” beams Syd, 26. The main vocalist of the band, she also seems to be the spokesperson, in a very