{"product_id":"this-heat-s-t-color-vinyl-lp","title":"This Heat - s\/t (Color Vinyl) LP","description":"\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\u003eMail-order exclusive translucent blue vinyl. Also available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\/products\/this-heat-s-t-lp\"\u003eblack vinyl\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There's an irony inherent in the term 'postpunk.' Many of the groups that define the genre (think Pere Ubu or Cabaret Voltaire) existed for several years \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e punk. But these outfits had little hope of finding an audience until punk stirred up an appetite for the extreme, while also spawning a new breed of independent labels that could support challenging music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e are a prime example. Formed in early 1976 by drummer Charles Hayward, guitarist Charles Bullen and 'non-musician' \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/flaming-tunes\"\u003eGareth Williams\u003c\/a\u003e, the group were initially unaware of what was brewing elsewhere in London, yet they were driven by similar impulses: to make noise expressive of the era's turbulence. Instead of punk's crude reduction of rock 'n' roll, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e took their bearings from expansive inspirations: free jazz, Captain Beefheart, musique concrète, and reggae's disorienting dub techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Vital to their evolution was Cold Storage, a disused meat fridge in Brixton where the band rehearsed. Produced by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/david-cunningham\"\u003eDavid Cunningham\u003c\/a\u003e and Anthony Moore, their 1979 debut was collaged out of cassette tapes and recordings made during ultra-cheap graveyard shifts at The Workhouse. The jump-cuts in sound quality were deliberately designed to make the album more unsettled and jarring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The first two principles of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e's mission statement – 'All possible processes. All channels open.' – could have been co-signed by many pre-punk experimentalists. It's the third part – '24 hour alert.' – that makes \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e archetypally post-punk, crystallizing the 'totally-wired' mood of paranoid vigilance they shared with peers like Scritti Politti and The Pop Group. Soft power – the mind-control of television and advertising – was an obsession; several tracks take their titles from the gogglebox ('Testcard,' 'Horizontal Hold'). But hard power – in particular, geopolitical dominance – is also addressed in tracks like 'The Fall of Saigon.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the most startling piece here is '24 Track Loop.' Breakbeat-like drums are processed using the Eventide Harmonizer, a machine famously used on Bowie's \u003cem\u003eLow\u003c\/em\u003e. The song's creaky textures and pitch-shifted beats anticipate '90s jungle, but the entire album is a controlled explosion of ideas. Nearly fifty years on, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/collections\/this-heat\"\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/a\u003e's debut is something the world has still not completely caught up with.\"\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\u003eTestcard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorizontal Hold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Waving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwilight Furniture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Track Loop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiet of Worms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic Like Escaping Gas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRainforest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fall of Saigon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTestcard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Superior Viaduct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52593827479871,"sku":"SV219C","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0219\/8812\/files\/SV219_web.jpg?v=1774891899","url":"https:\/\/www.superiorviaduct.com\/products\/this-heat-s-t-color-vinyl-lp","provider":"Superior Viaduct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}