Knoxvilleโs Rellyo Bambini doesnโt make albums so much as build neon worlds you can get lost in. Cloned & Upgraded, Insert Soul Here (Rebirth Edition) is a full-on sci-fi mood board turned into sound, with dark electronic, psychedelic hip-hop, and futuristic rock stitched together with the big question hanging over every trackโwhatโs left of โrealโ when everything can be copied, tweaked, and resold?
Right from the start with โBig Bad Love,โ Bambini brings a catchy, thumping beat, wrapped in shimmery haze, and the voice slides in with pop-level stickiness, singing, โWith you by my side, I can conquer it allโฆ Oh, your friends are so fine, but itโs you I crave.โ Itโs sweet, devoted, and immediately replayableโlike a love song beamed through a cracked visor.
Then the album starts bending genres like itโs bored with straight lines. โThe Story of Oedipusโ is the glitchy gut-punch, with buzzing, gritty, grating rhythm patterns that graze your ears on purpose, while a melancholic delivery threads through the chaos. The shrill falsetto gets properly heady against the vibrant pulse, and the refrainโโYouโre finally freeโโlands like a coded message in a dystopian corridor.
By โIntensely Last Lost Love,โ the record pivots into defeated, dreamy propulsion. The drive builds slowly, the voice stays measured and worn-out, and somehow itโs still catchy.
Later, โSemi Truck Drivingโ hits with punchy synthwave swagger, the beat snapping in perfect sync to lock you into a specific side-to-side sway. Itโs highway music for a cyberpunk night run.
And when โScammerโs Anthemโ arrives, Bambini flips the whole thing into pure confidence, with thumping beats, catchy riffs, and energy. Itโs got that โUptown Funkโ bounce.
The best part about Cloned & Upgradedโฆ is how it refuses to be one thing. Itโs messy, cinematic, funny, bruised, and boldโlike a future where the machines learned to feel, then put on sunglasses about it.
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Review by: Naomi Joan