AN ALBUM recorded during the last six months of Mike Peters' life is to be released this May.
Transformation will be released worldwide on May 29. It is currently available to pre-order on Twenty First Century Records [distributed by Virgin Media].
The frontman of The Alarm, who lived in Dyserth with his wife Jules and sons Evan and Dylan, died on April 29 2025 at the age of 66 from blood cancer. He had lived with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia for more than 30 years, continuing to tour, record, and campaign throughout much of that time.
‘Transformation' is Mike’s final recording.
Mike’s wife Jules said: "Transformation is Mike's battle cry, his resilient love of life, right to the very end.
"Mike believed that he was going to live, to be totally free.
"My last memory is driving him open top along the North Wales coast road, playing Transformation at maximum volume. He was so happy. So full of life. Playing his air drums, bass guitar, already imagining himself on his next world tour.
"He was so proud of this album and had the best time recording it during the last six months of his life."
Track 'Live Today' - and the final music video featuring Mike, premiered on the anniversary of Mike's death via Consequence. Readers can click here to watch the video.
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Jules said: “Mike lived a life of beauty and never gave up right to the very end.
"Filmed just days before Mike underwent the innovative CAR-T treatment with hopes of eradicating Richter’s Syndrome, an aggressive form of lymphoma, 'Live Today' is Mike’s final video.
“As the sun rose, watching Mike perform this song with so much optimism and hope will live with me forever.
"It was a bittersweet day for me as we filmed this incredible joyous film on the beach in the North of England. After filming concluded, we climbed onto the tour bus and drove straight to the Christie Hospital in Manchester.
"We were full of determination that the pioneering CAR-T would save Mike’s life but, at the same time, I was personally terrified as I couldn’t shake off a feeling that cancer had finally caught up with us both.”
The video shows Mike performing without a hint of weakness, though his health was ailing at the time.
“The video is a difficult watch,” Jules said.
“It broke my heart but it captures the eternal essence of Mike Peters that keeps us coming back to him and his incredible songs time after time.”
Taken from the upcoming Transformation, 'Live Today' is one of 12 prescient tracks.
The recording sessions for Transformation began spontaneously on October 7, 2024, and after various life-interventions.
It was completed on the evening of January 15, 2025 - the night before Mike began his CAR-T therapy.
The opening track 'New Life' was originally intended as an optimistic song to herald the triumph over cancer, to be released after Mike had beaten cancer successfully again. It instead carries a new sort of poignant breath as Mike sings “I’ll see you in the new life.”
First single 'Chimera' was poised as an allegorical rebirth when it was released on January 23, 2025 - the day Mike's CAR-T therapy began. Symbolically encapsulating the Greek mythos of a chimera which embodies the characteristics of different animals into one body.
Mike envisioned that he himself would become like the fabled creature.
“When I have CAR-T therapy I will literally become chimeric,” said Mike at the time.
“There will be two types of blood flowing inside of me. Two individual types of DNA.”
To order the new album, visit https://store.thealarm.com.
A special evening at The Red in Dyserth to mark the launch will take place on Saturday, May 30. Click here to find out more and to book.
Mike had been the driving force behind The Alarm for more than 40 creative years.
He first rose to prominence in the early 1980s with The Alarm, whose powerful anthems like '68 Guns' and 'Strength' helped define a generation of alternative rock.
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