{"product_id":"this-heat-health-efficiency-12-vinyl-ep-pre-order-out-10-2-26","title":"This Heat - Health \u0026 Efficiency (12\" Vinyl EP) PRE-ORDER - Out 10\/2\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 10\/2\/26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor some fans, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Efficiency\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Heat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's peak achievement -- their most concentrated blast of visceral intensity and wayward experimentalism. Featuring two long pieces, the EP came out in September 1980. It was released on Piano, the imprint founded by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlying Lizards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and distributed by Rough Trade, home of the burgeoning post-punk movement and fellow travelers like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Raincoats, Scritti Politti, Cabaret Voltaire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Crayola\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Lead track 'Health \u0026amp; Efficiency' combines fierce angular rock that fully lives up to Cunningham's belief that This Heat could become a post-punk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKing Crimson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with a multi-part babble of vocals, clattering percussive timbres and found sounds. In a large outdoor space, one of the group played with sounds 'a bit like children,' drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Hayward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e told one interviewer. Flipside 'Graphic\/Varispeed' is more subdued and hypnotic: a wavering tonescape whose duration depends on whether you play it at 45 RPM or 33 1\/3. This reissue reproduces the original release's striking cover image of a human figure painted in blue by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePete Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, along with the cryptic flipside of text in many different languages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Efficiency\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sounds like it's mocking bureaucratic language or the jargon of self-optimization. Some reckon it's a sly nod to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Efficiency\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the long-running British magazine about nudism and wholesome living first published in the Edwardian era as Health \u0026amp; Vim. In fact, the title is a totally earnest statement from This Heat about the importance of looking after yourself, in line with the Latin maxim mens sana in corpore sano (a sound mind in a sound body). The title track's lyric 'here's a song about the sunshine\/dedicated to the sunshine' is the giveaway. A few months after \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Efficiency\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's release, This Heat toured the Netherlands. Hayward has spoken about a gig in Amsterdam as a peak experience where everything -- the telepathic musical bond between the group, the receptiveness and energy of the audience -- came together\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283802009818,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/SV220EP_PROD.jpg?v=1785448355","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/this-heat-health-efficiency-12-vinyl-ep-pre-order-out-10-2-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}