In The Poppyfields Bond #1 : The Alarm (2002)

‘New South Wales, A (radio edit)’ [3:18] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Pit shaft wheels turn for the last time In the Rhondda tonight The Davey lamps that shone so brightly There’s no more need for their light As the last piece of coal is cut From the belly of the black seamed hole A man walks home alone Past a church full of mounting souls Throughout his lifetime he [read more]

Day Eight: Thursday 2 June 2005 The first thing I suggest we work on is a song I have worked up for the Mark Radcliffe show on Radio Two. I have been given a set of lyrics called ‘Menai Bridge’ by the winner of a national poetry competition and have been challenged by Mark Radcliffe to put the poem to music. I was given the lyrics during the interactive acoustic [read more]

‘Scarlet (electric demo)’ [5:42] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I Dream in red Of all things That this world could be And is not I Walk in the glow Of a thousand candles Burning, burning slow Sunrise, Sunset Daylight, Daybreak Watching, Waiting Hoping, Asking Begging, Pleading Shouting Scarlet Rage Scarlet Rage Scarlet Rage Scarlet Rage Scarlet Rage Blood On the page Of a thousand words I’ve written Can’t express I [read more]