200 x 12” SINGLES SIGNED BY PETE TOWNSHEND
WITH ARTWORK BY DAMIEN HIRST
DIGITAL SINGLE & VIDEO RELEASED ON POLYDOR MARCH 24th
PRE-ORDER HERE https://petetownshend.lnk.to/COTT
AT LEAST 10p FROM EACH DOWNLOAD AND ALL PROCEEDS FROM VINYL SALES TO THE TEENAGE CANCER TRUST UK
Pete Townshend is to launch ‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’, his first solo single in 29 years, on March twenty fourth. The observe was composed and produced by Rachel Fuller underneath her nom de plume Charlie Pepper, and all proceeds from vinyl gross sales plus a minimum of 10p from each obtain will go to the Teenage Most cancers Belief.
The track was impressed by the difficulties everybody had encountered emotionally as a result of lack of human interplay attributable to the pandemic. It additionally occurred to Rachel that younger folks present process most cancers therapy could determine with these emotions of isolation.
Rachel Fuller, on the genesis of the track “We’d simply moved home and Pete was as completely happy as Larry up in his studio, working day-after-day, 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 tough this time period was going to be for therefore many individuals. I wrote lyrics after which I sat on the piano and wrote the music, after which I assumed, Oh, I actually wish to document 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 document the demo”.
Pete Townshend “I’ve helped Rachel make the demos for a number of of her theatrical initiatives. She’s a very a quick employee, it’s not that you simply say to me, let’s go into the studio for 2 weeks and work on this venture. We do it two hours later, or an hour later, it’s accomplished – so it’s straightforward to work together with her”.
‘Can’t Outrun The Fact’ was recorded in Pete’s house 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 had been horrible for charities; the Teenage Most cancers Belief was created so as to take the cash from a sequence of live shows 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 in addition for this specific charity. When you’ve bought a situation during which any person in your loved ones or a young person has bought 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 in regards to the track.”
Rachel and Pete reached out to famend British artist Damien Hirst to create an paintings 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 basic ‘Let My Love Open The Door’ on the B facet). Pete has additionally signed every of the singles that are destined to turn into on the spot collector’s items. The 12” singles might be obtainable solely to followers in attendance on the Teenage Most cancers Belief exhibits on the Royal Albert Corridor from March twenty first to March twenty sixth.
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 sequence of one-take performances by the artistic workforce of administrators, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt.
Summing up the track Rachel says, “I feel one of many issues in regards to the track is that it felt like we drew a line, and it was, okay, again to regular. No person’s actually speaking about COVID anymore. There aren’t tales within the papers, and nobody desires to speak about these two years. And I feel for therefore many individuals, there’s a lengthy tail, folks actually, actually struggled and simply because persons are saying let’s transfer on. I feel lots of people are nonetheless discovering it actually onerous.”
Townshend agrees, “Rachel is completely proper; that is one thing that deserves to be carried in our each day life.
PETE TOWNSHEND
‘CAN’T OUTRUN THE TRUTH’
RELEASED ON POLYDOR MARCH 24th
AT LEAST 10p FROM EACH DOWNLOAD AND ALL PROCEEDS FROM VINYL SALES TO THE TEENAGE CANCER TRUST UK
PRE-ORDER THE DIGITAL SINGLE https://petetownshend.lnk.to/COTT
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