This Heat :: This Heat

This Heat ended up being called post-punk for lack of any better options, and though their music has many of the now-familiar hallmarks of that genre — a heavy dub influence, a fascination with the streamlined metaphysics of German kosmische bands, particularly Can, and complex, heady concepts communicated via primeval methods– it still stands apart, with something alien and unnamable at its core. Nearly a half-decade after its release, This Heat’s entrancing, horrifying and ecstatic self-titled debut still lands like a vision of the end of the world, or at least the end of a world, its messages conflicting and coded but bracingly pure and full of possibility.

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Uncommon scores first Grand Prix: Cannes day one winners

The Ordinary’s much-touted Periodic Fable campaign has secured Uncommon its first ever Cannes Grand Prix. Health & Wellness jury president Kainaz Karmakar, CCO of Ogilvy India, singled it out as the “undeniable” winner and praised the work for its “outstanding commentary on how the obsession with skin trends is getting more out of control every …

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