‘Croesi’r Afon’ [3:43] (The Alarm), The Alarm

The Alarm have combed down their hair and finally plugged in their guitars. Martin Wroe turns up the volume and takes a long hard look at the Welsh wonders’ second album. Eight years ago, in a school in North Wales, two punked-up young boys discovered mutual inspiration in a band called The Clash and formed a punk combo named The Toilets. Those two lads, in the flush of youth, were [read more]

‘Rescue Me (Extended Mix)’ [5:15] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: A renegade Rides a run away train To liberate Tear these bonds assunder A fugitive Running from a chain gang Comfort me Grant me absolution Running all my life Running all my day Running through the night Seems like forever Take me now I’m so tired Take me now This time, forever RESCUE ME I’m on the run like a [read more]

Day Twenty Four: Thursday 23rd June 2005 Craig came in early today to catch up on the bass guitar recording. He played bass on three tracks, ‘Be Still’, ‘It’s Alright It’s O.K.’ and ‘I Never Left I Only Went Away’. During the afternoon we tried to work in two more brand new songs. The first song was a new kind of ‘Drunk And Disorderly’ but it didn’t seem to work [read more]