Ariel (detergent) Automatic" powder. Though with the increasing popularity of automatic front-loading washing machines, a suitable low-suds variant "Ariel Automatic" was eventually launched in the early 1980s. The mid-eighties saw the range expanding to encompass liquid detergent and compact powder. The compact powder was originally known as "Ariel Ultra"; and was subsequently reformulated into the nineties as "Ariel Future". This was possibly in response to Unilever's launch of the ultimately doomed "Persil Power", which was seen to damage clothes. Compact powders never proved popular in the UK, so when the tablet variant appeared in July 1999, the compact version disappeared. In 2003,
Household (band) by reviewers. Household also released a split EP with Infinite Me on May 5, 2017. AltPress cited Household as one of the 18 bands to watch in 2018, describing their sound as "charismatic yet somber, emo yet uplifting." PureVolume called Household "one of the best new bands to come from the Twin Cities." Household signed with Blood & Ink Records on June 5, 2014. In a statement announcing the record deal, Blood & Ink wrote of Household: "Just barely out of high school, these five have already learned what it means to work hard and make a name for themselves