{"product_id":"this-heat-2026-reissue","title":"This Heat (2026 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘They went beyond punk before punk had properly started…the entire album is a controlled explosion of ideas. Nearly fifty years on, This Heat’s debut is something the world has still not completely caught up with.’\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e- Simon Reynolds \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Over the years, there have been bands to play as aggressively, or even as strangely, but very few have been able to rise from their collective influences and histories to create music so singularly distinctive and inspiring.’\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e– Pitchfork 9\/10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘This Heat sounded like the future then ... and still do now.’ - Dan Snaith (Caribou)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlthough widely considered to be Post-Punk’s finest, This Heat actually began performing and recording their music in 1976, the early days of London’s punk era. Within their two albums and an EP they perfected a strange and volatile new strain of avant-garde rock that time has proved to be massively influential, a blueprint for much that would follow:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003epost-rock, math rock, homemade musique concrète, experimental electronica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNumerous critics have recognised the band's influence on the music of Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Steven Wilson, Public Image Ltd., Radiohead, Swans, Shellac, Young Knives, Black Dice, Lightning Bolt and numerous other experimental and post-rock bands. Disbanding in 1982 they have left an undeniable legacy that has only continued to grow in stature and relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe album This Heat, also known to fans and critics as the ‘Blue and Yellow’, was their eponymous debut release, recorded in sessions between February 1976 and September 1978 in a variety of studios including their own Cold Storage, a converted cold storage room in the Acme Studios complex. Innovating throughout, they combined loops and tape manipulation (producing for example the proto-drum and bass ‘24 Track Loop’) with live performance and haunting vocals to a complex, dissonant whole. The band recorded everything they ever did – including gigs – and tracks such as “Water” were entirely improvised in the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHaving recently passed the 50 year anniversary of their first gig, and the recording of material that appears on their debut album, the group’s surviving members Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward, true to their DIY roots, have set up an imprint to release their recordings for their growing fan base that is increasingly recognising their influential place in music history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTestcard  \u003cbr\u003eHorizontal Hold  \u003cbr\u003eNot Waving  \u003cbr\u003eWater  \u003cbr\u003eTwilight Furniture  \u003cbr\u003e24 Track Loop  \u003cbr\u003eDiet of Worms  \u003cbr\u003eMusic Like Escaping Gas  \u003cbr\u003eRainforest  \u003cbr\u003eThe Fall of Saigon  \u003cbr\u003eTestcard (Locked Groove)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SRD","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":51574275014973,"sku":"TH01LP","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/TH01LP.jpg?v=1775826586","url":"https:\/\/sisterray.co.uk\/products\/this-heat-2026-reissue","provider":"Sister Ray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}