{"product_id":"the-alarm-transformation-cd","title":"THE ALARM - Transformation - CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - Digipak with Booklet. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransformation\u003c\/em\u003e is the brand new album by \u003cstrong\u003eThe Alarm\u003c\/strong\u003e which was written and recorded by lead singer \u003cstrong\u003eMike Peters\u003c\/strong\u003e during the final few months of his life while bravely battling a rare and aggressive cancer known as Richter's Syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiagnosed on April 22nd 2024, devastatingly, Mike finally succumbed to this dreadful disease on the 29th April 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMike faced cancer head on with an unswerving, positive attitude until the last... despite suffering the extreme rigours of the disease and whilst enduring a brutal treatment regime that unfortunately proved to be unsuccessful. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransformation by The Alarm is regrettably Mike Peters’ final recorded work.... but it also constitutes Mike's finest output. Positivity, optimism, and an unparalleled determination to fight for life simply explode from this album, whilst the ever-present themes of \u003cem\u003eLove, Hope and Strength\u003c\/em\u003e - with which Mike Peters and The Alarm have become so synonymous - continue to permeate these remarkable new compositions, providing a fitting testimony to these enduring tenets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Alarm’s \u003cem\u003eTransformation\u003c\/em\u003e has been produced by long time Alarm \/ Mike Peters collaborator - \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the initial recording sessions beginning as a simple musical exchange between father and son, with Mike’s youngest - \u003cstrong\u003eEvan\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eap Michael\u003c\/strong\u003e (Aged 18), backing him on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first session at \u003cstrong\u003eRock Hard Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e in Blackpool on October 7th, was only intended to lay down a future marker for post transplant development, but Mike’s extreme living mindset soon gave way to further music creations that demanded recording and capturing while emotions were running high.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is \u003cem\u003eTransformation\u003c\/em\u003e, an extraordinary record made from extraordinary circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I’m glad I have been gifted enough life to finish the new record. Nothing was planned up front and It’s all been touch and go not knowing how far I could take things in between all the chemo sessions.” States a grateful Mike Peters. “Now with the musical half of \u003cem\u003eTransformation\u003c\/em\u003e complete, I have something other than cancer to focus on while I’m in isolation navigating the challenge of a personal and physical CAR-T transformation into new life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTransformation\u003c\/em\u003e album contains a core of fifteen brand new Mike Peters compositions spread across all the media formats including Vinyl, CD, Digital and Dolby Atmos and will be released officially on 29th May 2026, exactly a year to the day of Mike's funeral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Twenty First Century Recording Company","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":57465177735513,"sku":"SDZ-34737","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/The_Alarm_-_Transformation_-_CD_-_2026.jpg?v=1772789273","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-alarm-transformation-cd","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}