Billy Talent

Rock · 2003 · 12 tracks

Billy Talent

High-voltage Canadian punk delivered with surgical precision. Sharp, staccato riffs and snarling, harmonized vocals built for maximum suburban catharsis.

It's like a caffeinated panic attack that somehow makes you feel completely in control.

A high-tension wire of suburban frustration and technical precision that snaps into moments of soaring melodic release.

Billy Talent · vs · Billy Talent

Basement Show+1.3σ

Basement Show saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks

01

This Is How It Goes

3:27

02

Living in the Shadows

3:15

03

Try Honesty

4:13

04

Line & Sinker

3:36

05

Lies

2:59

06

The Ex

2:40

07

River Below

3:00

08

Standing in the Rain

3:20

09

Cut the Curtains

3:50

10

Prisoners of Today

3:53

11

Nothing to Lose

3:38

12

Voices of Violence

3:10

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden, jagged guitar entry of Try Honesty that feels like a physical jolt.

The frantic, overlapping call-and-response vocals during the bridge of River Below.

The way the tension snaps into a melodic explosion during the chorus of This Is How It Goes.

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