Watoosh! is the only studio album released by Canadian rock band Pezz, released in 1999 before they changed their name to Billy Talent. The sound was described as a varied mix of punk, ska, funk and hip-hop, and as less focused than later releases by the band.[1]
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| Released | July 23, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 in Mississauga, Ontario | |||
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| Length | 42:54 | |||
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The album was re-released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. It was remastered and re-released again on May 31, 2024, and released on vinyl for the first time on December 20, 2024.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Pezz, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "M & M" | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Fairytale" | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Nita" | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Mother's Native Instrument" | 4:55 |
| 5. | "Bird in the Basement" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Recap" | 3:40 |
| 7. | "When I Was a Little Girl" | 2:04 |
| 8. | "Warmth of Windows" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Square Root of Me" | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Absorbed" | 5:22 |
| 11. | "Silence" | 0:07 |
| 12. | "Silence" | 0:08 |
| 13. | "Organ interlude" | 0:33 |
| 14. | "Silence" | 0:14 |
| 15. | "Silence" | 0:12 |
| 16. | "Silence" | 0:14 |
| 17. | "New Orleans Is Sinking" (The Tragically Hip cover) | 1:14 |
- Track 13 is an instrumental, while tracks 11, 12 and 14–16 are blank.
- The track "M & M" is about a group of gothic kids that used to come into the HMV where Benjamin Kowalewicz worked.[3]
Personnel
editPezz
- Benjamin Kowalewicz – vocals
- Ian D'Sa – guitar, piano, backing vocals, cover art
- Jonathan Gallant – bass
- Aaron Solowoniuk – drums
Production
- Pezz – production; mixing
- Brad "Merlin" Nelson – production; recording and engineering (all except 5), mixing (2)
- Daryl Smith – production; mixing (all except 2), engineering (3–10)
- Mark Erlenmeyer – engineering (all except 5)
- Brett Zilahi – mastering
See also
edit- Dudebox, a seven-track EP by Pezz
References
edit- ↑ Maas, Nadine (January 2007). "PEZZ - Watoosh!". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved November 29, 2025.
- ↑ "Billy Talent's Debut Album As Pezz Set To Get A Reissue". www.iheartradio.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
- ↑ The Ongoing History of New Music Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. "Before They Were Famous", original broadcast date: 13 November 2005 on CFNY.