Tune of the Week: This Heat

This Heat were a post-punk band from London that in short period of time created music that has had a lasting influence. With their polyrhythmic drumming and tonalities taken from disparate world music traditions they are very much the godfathers of the post-rock genre. The above track is taken from their second, and final, album “Deceit”. The record is very much of its time, concerned with the threat of nuclear war and its consequences on humanity as well as totalitarian governments. This track references the fallen Roman empire to make a political statement that rings far too true today.