xgrr.de – the whole not the half

Obviously there is already a version of the upcoming Billy Talent III album out there in the wild. I was able to listen to it and I have to admit that I’m really disappointed. After I and II and a great tour all around the world – this album is just not enough. It feels like they want to belong somewhere so badly but they’re not suited for that niche. You might ask yourself: “WTF is he talking about?” Okay, let me explain. The new album feels like they tried to get the whole album mainstream radio playable which is exactly what the last two albums were not (not that the stations didn’t play them eventually).

Overall this disc is slower than the other ones. But this is my first impression so I will definitly wait till the “real” release is out and rant about that then again.

Billy, I’m very sorry but this is crap (compared to I and II).

Couldn’t believe my eyes (and ears of course). When I just read the Billy Talent website and the latest entry from August 7th I was stunned. On Hurricane/Southside and some other live acts they played a new song called Turn Your Back from the half finished new album coming into stores 2009. See for yourself:

A dream comes true. My last Chucks got wrecked on the last Billy Talent concert played in Melkweg, Amsterdam last year. So I decided it is finally time to get some new ones. Different colour different time. Let’s see how it works out.