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‘Steeltown (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:20] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The iron gates clang in a steelmill town A man breaks down to that unemployment sound A woman gives her love to a man disowned A man who’s alone in a world without hope She gives him the strength to run his miles Forge a will of iron, fuel for the fire FIRE FIRE FIRE And the odds are [read more]
This is the kind of record that could only come from a young band. Determined, committed and naive, the five songs on this EP have all the hallmarks of idealistic youth: simple, forceful music, rambling strings of earnestly poetic images and the conviction that speaking out just might change a few things. And like Bob Dylan, U2 or the Clash, these four young Welshmen pull it off. The Alarm don’t [read more]
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