The Who’s Pete Townshend recently released “Can’t Outrun The Truth,” his first solo single in 29 years.

The track was composed and produced by Rachel Fuller under her nom de plume Charlie Pepper, and all proceeds from vinyl sales plus at least 10 pence from every download will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The song was inspired by the difficulties everyone had encountered emotionally due to the lack of human interaction caused by the pandemic. It also occurred to Rachel that young people undergoing cancer treatment may identify with these feelings of isolation.

Speaking about the genesis of the song, Fuller said, “We’d just moved house and Pete was as happy as Larry up in his studio, working every day, and I put my back out, I was just climbing the walls, I couldn’t do any creative work and obviously, we couldn’t go anywhere. And I really started to think about how unbelievably difficult this period of time was going to be for so many people.”

“I wrote lyrics and then I sat at the piano and wrote the music, and then I thought, Oh, I really would like to record it, because it’s really not a bad song at all – and my singing days are long over. So, I asked Pete to record the demo,” she continued.

Townshend added, “I’ve helped Rachel make the demos for several of her theatrical projects. She’s a really fast worker, it’s not that you say to me, let’s go into the studio for two weeks and work on this project. We do it, two hours later, or an hour later, it’s done – so it’s easy to work with her”.

“Can’t Outrun The Truth” was recorded in Townshend’s home studio in September 2021, with Pete playing lap steel guitar and violin and singing.

Source: RTT Music News