McRae's fifth studio album, "The Alphabet of Hurricanes", was produced in his own recording studio, Gunpoint, in East London. The album was recorded over three years in varied settings, and, thanks to a deal with Cooking Vinyl was released in February 2010. The "Alphabet of Hurricanes" Tours, which sold-out at a number of venues, were rescheduled to fit in with the album release. Towards the end of 2010, McRae was involved in the Crossing Border festival in the Netherlands, playing with the Matangi Quartet who are based in that country. He released a second live album, "Tom at Tut's" with songs and banter garnered from 2 full band gigs at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow in 2004. In the spring of 2011, Tom toured the UK and Europe with a UK string quartet, and did a solo tour in Germany. 2012 saw the arrival of his sixth studio album "From the Lowlands", being the long-awaited second part of the "Alphabet of Hurricanes", and Tom's first solo tour in France, the UK and Ireland which met with sold-out venues. A further leg of the solo tour in April 2013 coincided with a commercial release of "From the Lowlands".