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THIS HEAT - DECEIT
One of the most widely overlooked and influential bands of all time, This Heat were a British quintet who formed somewhere around 1978. Deceit, their second album, was recorded in an abandoned meat locker somewhere, and is one of the greatest albums to come out of the post-punk era. Falling somewhere in between the abrasive guitar experimentation of noise rock, the angular melodies of post-punk, and the hypnotic rhythms of Kraut rock, This Heat explored vast musical territories which were often not explored again for at least a decade. Some of the songs are just random recordings mixed togethers, others are bizarre sound collages, and once in a while you might get a song with a driving rhythm, melody, and Charles Hayward's bizarre sing/speech.
Wire, Pere Ubu, Gang of Four, and Can fans should enjoy this. Why this album isn't instantly recognized as one of the greatest albums to come out of the 80's is a mystery.
Tracklist (*'s by favs):
Sleep*
Paper Hats
Triump
SPQR*
Cenotaph
Shrink Wrap
Radio Prague
Makeshift Swahili*
Independence
A New Kind of Water*
Hi Baku Sho