| Artist |
| Inertia |
| Title |
| Kloned |
| Format/Cat |
| CD |
| Label |
| Cryonica |
| Style |
| Industrial |
| Date of review |
| 6th June 2010 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 7/10 |
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Inertia have long had a thing for doing cover versions & on this album they've given full rein to these impulses, paying tribute to their many & widespread musical influences. And given both Reza & Alexys' legendary catholic tastes there's a fair selection of artists' music that is covered, from Elvis, who gets a look in via a cover of 'Mystery Train' & The Beatles who are payed due respect with 'Something' which, if anything, sounds more psychedelic than the original, through to Concrete Blonde with a deathrock-lite take on 'Bloodletting' & the odd leftfield choice in the form of Selena & David Byrne's 'God's Child' while the duo's theatrical leaning no doubt account for the inclusion of 'Heaven On Their Minds' from Jesus Christ Superstar & while the dancey style is a nice surprise (wonder what Andrew Lloyd Webber made of that!) Reza's lead vocals sound horribly out of tune, wonder what happened there? Starting the album with their own ultra-infectious version of 'Children Of The Revolution' was another smart move (in reality, they couldn't have done anything else, really!) while the band pay homage to a more predictable list elsewhere, most notably Nick Cave on 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' (not forgetting Alexys' turn as Kylie, of course!) & Sparks on 'Cool Places', where she fills in for Jane Wiedlin (& a very good job she does, too!) as well as Duran Duran & Depeche Mode, although in true fanboy/girl fashion, they chose lesser-known tracks in both cases ('Late Bar' & 'Flexible' respectively) & much the same can be said by the excellent cover of Falco's 'Monarchy Now' (where Armageddon Dildos' Uwe Kanka putting in a guest appearance on vocals-bet Alexys loved that!) when it might have been easier to cover another, rather more well-known song (although it's still obvious who the original was by!). This is certain to go down a storm at any electro parties or the less serious club nights & the cover notes promise there could well be more like this to come, wonder who'll they cover next?
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