.....Deceit

The people at Quietus have written a great piece about a awesome record from This Heat, Deceit. Because it's 30 years old. [mr.A]


The Final Warning: Three Decades After This Heat's Deceit
Thirty years after the release of This Heat's Deceit, John Calvert re-examines a record that embraced the Cold War terror of ultimate destruction - and made something far more complex, humane and moral than mere hatred 1981 was, you could say, the end of the beginning. January of that year and, just as Young Marble Giants split, ABC breach the Top 20, as do U2 and Duran Duran. Soon afterwards The Human League pull the rug on the entire edifice, reshaping the face of chart music forever with Dare. Across the water the second incarnation of No Wave rises to prominence in New York just as the city's mutant disco scene collapses with the demise of Zee Records. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Green Gartside writes 'The Sweetest Girl', Visage hit pay dirt with 'Fade to Grey' and New Order release 'Everything's Gone Green', planting the seed for what would eventually become Madchester and generation ecstasy. .....READ MORE....

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