“The Chant Has Just Begun” is released as a single. It reaches #48, only 3 places higher than “The Deceiver”. The Alarm’s attempt to model the sound of the times instead of their own true passions proves to be a failed experiment.
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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]