1LP Vinyl MCR 926 Olive & Grey Swirl

Opening this collection of live recordings, Horizontal Holdwas either the precursor to post-rock, or Krautrock with a junkies itch. Hi-hats and guitars shuddered like helicopter blades, building to a velocity that threatened to (and eventually did) rip the song apart. After Not Waving drifts on seasick synths, The Fall of Saigon comes clattering in on one of the grimiest loops to ever grace tape. Pulsing with apocalyptic beauty, the song cuts deeper than any other agitpop bands barbs. It was topped only by Makeshift, an angular epic that evokes King Crimson reborn with Public Image Ltd.s metallic lurch. This Heat built a post-punk Tower of Babel, climbing for five minutes before tumbling in a hail of drums and rabid bleating. It was an impossible racket to follow, as evidenced by the three anemic ambient pieces that close the album. Evidently, appearing on Peels show was as big as This Heat got, unsurprising given the bands emotionally rattled timbre. But in that paradox sat the musics power: Made Available was a genuinely unnerving experience the ultimate in uneasy listening.