Blood Red – Brand New Album Out Now

The first release from the highly anticipated new album Blood Red Viral Black is out now and available to order exclusively at The Alarm Store

The first release from a collection of completely brand new material since 2010 features 10 Blood Red tracks mastered at Abbey Road Studios.

The recordings have been produced by George Williams whose credits also include The Alarm’s 2006 album ‘Under Attack’.

Blood Red is available to order now exclusively at The Alarm Store

No copies will be made available via streaming, digital download or other retail outlets until 2018.

 

Blood Red Viral Black was recorded in Wales between October 2016 and January 2017. The Viral Black release will follow in September 2017.

Blood Red Track listing is as follows:

Tomorrow
Coming Backwards
There Must Be A Way
Time
Love and Understanding
Brighter Than The Sun
Protection
Tear Apart
No Greater Love
Crowd Trouble

BLOOD RED CD ONLY EDITION

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BLOOD RED CD
Die Cut Gatefold CD Pressing with Inner Sleeve and 12 page lyric booklet.
10 songs including exclusive to CD track ‘Tear Apart’.

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The serialisation of A Blood Red Film is a made up of 10 episodes that contain exclusive interviews with Mike Peters and acoustic versions of each of the ten songs that accompany the first release of Blood Red.

“The idea for Blood Red Viral Black first took hold of my imagination during 2013 when I found myself writing masses of lyrics not directly linked to music in any way whatsoever” says Mike Peters. “This was unusual for me, and a turnaround from the way I have always worked before (apart from the odd exception). Whenever I found some time to spend in my writing studio, I would surround myself with (what had soon become), a mass of words and then try and put music to what I had written. At the same time, and to try and decipher some of the feeling behind what I had written down, I also began creating statement art, by either writing, painting or paint spraying some of the words that had caught my imagination onto paper materials. This random act became the conduit that would lead to the music and the unification of expression with melody. It enabled me to hear the kind of music I wanted to write, and by seeing emotion in the type of art created, I was then able to marry all the three components into one form. WORDS + ART + MUSIC = SONG. This process was integral to everything you will hear through the Blood Red Viral Black experience that will unfold between now and 2018.”

Mike Peters has been creating on and off stage art for all of his live projects since the birth of The Alarm, most notably for 1983’s video of The Stand, which featured a spray paint poppy and lyric representation that allowed the band’s MTV Cutting Edge performance to project beyond the TV screen. In fact, many pieces of one-off art have been drawn onto record sleeves, clothing, t-shirts and photos at stage doors throughout Mike Peters’ entire musical journey.

“Because this process was so important to what you will eventually hear, I decided to carry the ritual into the heart of the actual recorded medium in as personal and direct way as possible. I wish I could have created a piece for every single LP and CD that will find it’s way into the world, but I have had to keep my enthusiasm in check and work to a limited edition of one hundred. I hope you enjoy what you receive and can feel the synergy I felt when writing and recording this project I have christened Blood Red Viral Black.“