Arlo Parks, Fontaines DC, BENEE and more feature on Deezer’s ‘InVersions’ album

Blessing our grey Tuesday morning, loads of DIY faves have teamed up for Deezer’s new ‘Inversions’ album, a compilation record with ten of the world’s most exciting indie artists giving their re-imagining iconic hits.

“We all know the music community has been hit hard by the pandemic, especially Indie artists who rely on live gigs,” says Nigel Harding, Deezer’s VP of Global Artist Marketing. “During this tough time, we wanted to do our part and offer support to Indie and Alternative artists with our new Inversions album. We gave each musician the freedom to recreate and add a fresh perspective on classic hits. I’d love for music fans from all over the world to discover some new favorites on our InVersions album.”

Featuring Arlo Parks, Fontaines DC, BENEE, Gus Dapperton, Dream Wife, Alfie Templeman and loads more, Arlo says of her reworking, “I picked ‘Ta Reine’ by Angèle because I find her voice completely mesmerising and soft, and I feel like the topic the song discusses is very important. I’ve always wanted to sing in French since my mum is French and I’m generally just enthralled by this song and her delivery. I hope I can do it justice.”

Elsewhere, Fontaines cover the 1966 hit ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, noting, “Covering a Beach Boys song has always been a scary thing considering the genius arrangements, their playing, their harmonies, everything about it. But it was always something quite intriguing and especially when we thought about it from the point of view of subverting the light-heartedness that they conveyed most of the time. So ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ we saw this kind of naive perspective towards love and marriage in the lyrics, and we were quite curious to see what would happen when you contrasted that approach with a darker musical palette. So we kind of slowed down the tempo and created a draggier tune for those lyrics to sit on top of. What came out of it is something that kind of reminds me a bit of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Rowland S. Howard.”

Check out the full track list below, and head here to have a listen.

‘InVersions’ Tracklisting:
1. Fontaines D.C. - ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ - The Beach Boys
2. Arlo Parks - ‘Ta Reine’ - Angèle
3. Gussstave - ‘Say So’ - Doja Cat
4. Chloe Moriondo - ‘Dreams’ - Fleetwood Mac
5. Dream Wife - ‘Dancing on My Own’ - Robyn
6. Gus Dapperton - ‘I’m on Fire’ - Bruce Springsteen
7. Orla Gartland - ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ - Sinéad O’Connor
8. Ela Minus - ‘Venus as a Boy’ - Björk
9. BENEE - ‘Back to Black’ - Amy Winehouse
10. Alfie Templeman - ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ - Tears for Fears