200 x 12” SINGLES SIGNED BY PETE TOWNSHEND
WITH ARTWORK BY DAMIEN HIRST
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Friday 24 March: Pete Townshend has in the present day launched ‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’, his first solo single in 29 years. The observe was composed and produced by Rachel Fuller beneath her nom de plume Charlie Pepper, and all proceeds from vinyl gross sales plus at the very least 10p from each obtain will go to the Teenage Most cancers Belief.
The track was impressed by the difficulties everybody had encountered emotionally because of the lack of human interplay attributable to the pandemic. It additionally occurred to Rachel that younger individuals present process most cancers remedy could establish with these emotions of isolation.
Rachel Fuller, on the genesis of the track “We’d simply moved home and Pete was as pleased as Larry up in his studio, working daily, and I put my again out, I used to be simply climbing the partitions, I couldn’t do any artistic work and clearly, we couldn’t go wherever. And I actually began to consider how unbelievably troublesome this time period was going to be for thus many individuals. I wrote lyrics after which I sat on the piano and wrote the music, after which I believed, Oh, I actually want to report it, as a result of it’s actually not a nasty track in any respect – and my singing days are lengthy over. So, I requested Pete to report the demo”.
Pete Townshend “I’ve helped Rachel make the demos for a number of of her theatrical initiatives. She’s a very quick employee, it’s not that you just say to me, let’s go into the studio for 2 weeks and work on this mission. We do it, two hours later, or an hour later, it’s achieved – so it’s simple to work together with her”.
‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’ was recorded in Pete’s dwelling studio in September of 2021, with Pete enjoying lap metal guitar and violin and singing. As soon as it was recorded, the pair determined to launch the observe and lift funds for the Teenage Most cancers Belief.
Pete Townshend “The pandemic years have been horrible for charities; the Teenage Most cancers Belief was created to be able to take the cash from a collection of concert events on the Albert Corridor yearly and varied different issues and that had all dropped out. So, the concept of doing this, which is it’s one thing that has sprung out of lockdown about psychological sickness, but additionally for this explicit charity. Should you’ve received a state of affairs during which someone in your loved ones or a teen has received most cancers, they’re being handled, lockdown hits, and also you’re not allowed to go and go to them. There’s a poignancy to the entire thing concerning the track.”
Rachel and Pete reached out to famend British artist Damien Hirst to create an art work for the observe. The result’s a singular one-off spin portray of Townshend, which adorns the sleeve of 200 12” singles of ‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’, (which additionally options Pete’s solo traditional ‘Let My Love Open The Door’ on the B facet). Pete has additionally signed every of the singles that are destined to turn into immediate collectors’ items. The 12” singles will likely be out there solely to followers in attendance on the Teenage Most cancers Belief exhibits on the Royal Albert Corridor from 21 March to 26 March.
Not solely is ‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’ Pete Townshend’s first solo single in 29 years, however his first solo video in 40 years accompanies it. The video was shot in a collection of one-take performances by the artistic staff of administrators, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt. Watch the video right here https://petetownshend.lnk.to/COTTVideo
Summing up the track Rachel says, “I believe one of many issues concerning the track is that it felt like we drew a line, and it was, okay, again to regular. No one’s actually speaking about Covid anymore. There aren’t tales within the papers, and nobody needs to speak about these two years. And I believe for thus many individuals, there’s a lengthy tail, individuals actually, actually struggled and simply because persons are saying let’s transfer on. I believe lots of people are nonetheless discovering it actually onerous.”
Townshend agrees, “Rachel is totally proper; that is one thing that deserves to be carried in our each day life.”
PETE TOWNSHEND
‘CAN’T OUTRUN THE TRUTH’
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