The Alarm "Transformation" 2023 03 16 NYTimes “Songs that combat the 045778786114 NYTimes “Songs that combat the acute smallness of suburban youth was the last in a line of releases that year in which Perry began exploring the possible studio techniques at his recently opened studio Black Ark in Kingston The Transformation album contains a core of fifteen brand new Mike Peters compositions spread across all the media formats and released exactly a year to the day of Mike's funeral Transformation is the brand new album by The Alarm which was written and recorded by lead singer Mike Peters during the final few months of his life while bravely battling a rare and aggressive cancer known as Richter's Syndrome