2017 – Viral Black in Session
Running time 4:27
Viral Black in session acoustic version (2017) released on Viral black in session cd (catalogue number 21C092)

2018 – Where The Two Rivers Meet EP Acoustic version
Running length 3:55
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Baritone, Acoustic & Electric guitars
Recorded at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England
Recorded and mixed by Tony Draper
Produced by Mike Peters
Mastered by Pete Maher

2018 – Equals album recording details
Running length 4:59
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Baritone, Acoustic & Electric guitars
Steve “Smiley” Barnard – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
James Stevenson – Acoustic, Electric, Slide & Bass Guitar, Backing Vocal
Jules Jones Peters – Piano, Backing vocals
George Williams – Keyboards, Bass Guitar
Recorded at Bethel Chapel studios, Dyserth, Wales, Parr Street studios A and C, Liverpool, England,
The Doghouse studios, Henley on Thames, England and Monnow Valley, Rockford, Wales
Produced and mixed by George Williams.
Engineered by Mark Warden (Bethel Chapel and The Doghouse), Tony Draper (Parr Street) and Matt Glasbey (Monnow Valley)

All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated

22nd September 2017 : Mike Peters & The Alarm – Viral Black
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C089
Released on Vinyl by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C089LP
2017 original recording

2017 : Mike Peters – Viral Black in Session
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C092


April 2018 : The Alarm – Equals
Released on Red or Black Viyl by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C100
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C101

All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated


2018 : The Alarm – Where The Two Rivers Meet EP
Released on Vinyl by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C099
2018 Acoustic version

All the following are Worldwide releases on Twenty First Century Recording Company
(Except where stated)

10th October 2018. Recorded live at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool, England.
Running length : 4:36. Mike Peters solo live version recorded for National Album Day 2018
Released on CD in 2018 as Mike Peters in session 2018, catalogue number 21C106

Thirteen dead reindeer
Lying dead on the snow
As the silver coach passes
There’s rain down below
Someone dies in the desert
Someone cries on the street
While my keyboard light flashes
With a text and a tweet

My night turns to day
And my day turns to night

It’s all superstition
Ritual and spark
The colour of my skin can’t hide
All the scars
My blood runs in rainbows
Mixed with tears and sweat
Caused by the promise that this world never met

Is there a hope for the hopeless?
Is there a prayer for the damned?
A light in the darkness
You can switch on and off

Or just a belief that a day will soon come?
Or at least a few seconds
When the pressure will stop, stop, stop, stop

It’s all superstition
Ritual and spark
The colour of my skin can’t hide
All the scars
My blood runs in rainbows
Mixed with tears and sweat
Caused by the promise that this world never met

My shoes have carried me
To a place unrecognised
Not by the guard who created
This unholy mess

It’s all superstition
Ritual and spark
The colour of my skin can’t hide
All the scars
My blood runs in rainbows
Mixed with tears and sweat
Caused by the promise that this world never met

I’ll be able to stand up
On my own two feet
In the clear waters breathing air that is clean
Without all the filters that dumb down and blind
My eyes through the reality that you accustom to see
Thirteen dead reindeer
Thirteen dead reindeer
Thirteen dead reindeer

Video Link – Mike Peters talks about the writing of the song and its background alongside the promotional video recorded for the song – First broadcast on the official The Alarm Youtube channel on 23rd June 2019 as part of the Equals album launch