Pezz (Billy Talent): Watoosh! (remastered, gatefold) [DINE ALONE]

Why you'll love it

Before they were Billy Talent, Ben Kowalewicz, Ian D'Sa, Jon Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk were Pezz, and Watoosh! is the only album they made under that name. Dine Alone remastered it and pressed it on vinyl for the first time, in a gatefold jacket with Ian D'Sa's cover art.

This edition

• First vinyl pressing
• Remastered
• Gatefold jacket
• Ian D'Sa's original cover art

About the album

Watoosh! was recorded in Mississauga in 1999 and sold out of the trunk of a car, a self-made pop-punk record by four friends who had been playing together since high school. The songs are lighter and more playful than the band's later work, but the DNA is all there: Ian D'Sa's ringing guitar lines, Ben Kowalewicz's elastic voice and a rhythm section that never sits still.

Later that year a legal dispute forced a name change, and Pezz became Billy Talent. "Fairytale", "Nita" and "Recap" give a glimpse of the band before the arenas; a short organ interlude and a minute-long Tragically Hip cover close the album.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Dine Alone Records (cat# DAV370), a reissue of the 1999 album.