{"product_id":"this-heat-deceit-lp","title":"This Heat - Deceit LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur release is available only in US and Canada. For rest of the world, the band will release on vinyl through their own \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thisheat.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThis Heat Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack vinyl version. Also available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\/products\/this-heat-deceit-color-vinyl-lp\"\u003ecolor vinyl\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From its word-playful title (\u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/em\u003e – say it aloud and twist your tongue) to the lyrics densely written on the back cover, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e's second album from 1981 is much more verbally direct than their largely instrumental 1979 debut. The group had things on their minds and statements they wanted to make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'The first album was about the Dread, but dread not really understood yet,' says Charles Hayward. 'With the second album, we were starting to understand what made us afraid. The whole of \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e was about nuclear war. There was a policy of nuclear deterrence forged by our elders and betters called Mutually Assured Destruction. They were so crazy they couldn't see that they'd identified their own policy as M.A.D.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'Sleep, sleep, sleep \/ Go to sleep' are the first words you hear on \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e. For \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e, mass media, advertising and escapist pop culture tranquilize the population – turning active citizens into passive consumers. 'A life of ease ... cocooned in a routine of food,' they chide on the opening track, before stealing the slogan from a TV commercial for fabric softener – 'Softness is a thing called comfort.' As with their peers Scritti Politti and The Pop Group, resistance involves not just confrontational lyrics, but sonic strategies: grating textures and jarring rhythms that jolt you into hyper-vigilant alertness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e is a postpunk classic, it's also the album where the band's roots in the pre-punk progressive underground come through clearest, combining expansive musicianship with DIY primitivism.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003cp\u003e\"Hayward recalls the \u003cem\u003eDeceit\u003c\/em\u003e sessions as 'very intense – I'd come home and sleep for 20 hours! It was like that for Gareth and Charles, too.' After the release of the album, Williams decided he wanted to take a year off and travel in India. Bullen and Hayward attempted to perform live using new recruits, but the chemistry wasn't there. 'We did a five-week tour of Europe and after that we knew \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e was going to finish. It's a shame. Because we could have gone on forever.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Simon Reynolds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper Hats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriumph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS.P.Q.R.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCenotaph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShrinkwrap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRadio Prague\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakeshift Swahili\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New Kind of Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHi Baku Shyo (Suffer Bomb Disease)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Superior Viaduct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55515880325439,"sku":"SV221BLK","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0219\/8812\/files\/SV221_web.jpg?v=1788892032","url":"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/products\/this-heat-deceit-lp","provider":"Superior Viaduct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}