Photo: The Alarm,7/1/2004

Day Twenty Five: Friday 24th June 2005 Today we set about making ‘This Is Life [Get Used To It]’ work. James and I spent an hour just working over the chords and seeing if we could accommodate a song of his within the framework. It took a few hours but finally we have the ‘ballad’ for the album. It’s not really a ballad but it is the ‘slowest’ song on [read more]

Still on a roll from a year of Bob Dylan supports, The Alarm make up for lost time this side of the Atlantic with a Tony Visconti-produced concept LP that bemoans the fate of their ailing Welsh homeland. Simultaneously released with Welsh language vocals as Change, this is a stadium-sized pub-rock set that lacks the gusto and rampant commerciality of their 68 Guns secondhand The Clash without ever really living [read more]

Tracks Raw Rockin’ In The Freeworld God Save Somebody Moments In Time Hell Or Highwater Lead Me Through The Darkness Wind Blows Away My Words, The Let The River Run Its Course Save Your Crying Wonderful World