WELSH cult band The Alarm have released their new album 'WAЯ' after a writing, recording and cutting process that lasted just 50 days.

The rock legends' album ‘WAЯ’ was released on Friday, February 26 as

Frontman Mike Peters, along with guitarist James Stevenson, drummer Smiley and one-time Beatles producer George Williams wrote and recorded the new record from scratch using their own isolation studios.

Mr Peters and wife and keyboardist Jules have documented a fly-on-the-wall view of The Alarm's recording process with regular videos shared on the band's website.

‘WA?’ album cover

‘WA?’ album cover

He said: “Because we are on the vulnerable list, Jules and I have just been vaccinated against Covid-19. We feel lucky to be alive, and now there is tremendous and realistic hope for the future.

“I want the new record to be a document literally created in this collective moment in history, to reflect the human response and will to survive that we have all experienced by living in these unprecedented times."

The album featurues tracks such as 'Protect And Survive', 'We Got This', 'Still Unsafe' and a guest appearance a guest appearance by Skindred's Benji Webbe on a cover of Massive Attack's 'Safe From Harm'.

As part of a plan to overcome production times and to have physical product available immediately, the band advance-released the album without music in a special CD-Rom format so that fans could burn their own copy of the finished record.

Once the final master has been mastered in Los Angeles by the legendary Howie Weinberg (Howie mastered The Alarm’s 2019 album ∑ Sigma, which entered the UK Rock Chart at No.1), a specialist cutting-house has been engaged in the UK to hand-cut as many pre-ordered vinyl copies as possible.

The band have certainly kept their fans entertained throughout the lockdown, hosting weekly Big Night In internet broadcasts, all live from the Peters’ living-room.

A total of 23 shows have been transmitted so far, raising the spirits of 600,000 plus viewers worldwide who have been able to watch live interviews, acoustic performances from the Jukebox stage plus rare & unseen Alarm videos from the past, present and future.

The most recent episode focused on the Peters’ charity Love Hope Strength and highlighted the work achieved by the founders, supporters and musicians who have built and supported cancer centres and life-saving initiatives in Africa, Nepal, Israel and South America.

‘WAЯ’ is also available to pre-order as a hand-cut vinyl LP and pre-loaded CD which will be released to fans on February 25.

For more information visit www.thealarm.com