*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Long-awaited reissue of the first This Heat, an astonishing band that displayed a unique musicality where strong beats, heart-stopping songs, improvisation and relentless sound manipulation all coexisted! Their sound, which is a legitimate evolution of progressive rock from the likes of King Crimson and CAN, but with added impulsiveness/physicality, responds to the post-punk era in the same way as their contemporaries the Art Bears, but still maintains a progressive edge that goes further ahead of the post-rock and electronica of later years.

This is the definitive release of this shocking masterpiece, an absolute benchmark in the history of post-New Wave rock, newly remastered by the band themselves and released for the first time in paper jacket and SHM-CD.