From Loudersound.
The Who have released a new single, All This Music Must Fade. The track comes from their upcoming album Who, which will launch on December 6, and arrives three weeks after the band shared Ball And Chain.
Pete Townshend describes All This Music Must Fade as, “A song dedicated to every artist who has ever been accused of ripping off someone else’s song. Seriously? Our musical palette is limited enough in the 21st century without some dork claiming to have invented a common chord scheme.”
Roger Daltrey, who ends All This Music Must Fade by proclaiming, “Who gives a fuck?” says, “I think we’ve made our best album since Quadrophenia in 1973. Pete hasn’t lost it, he’s still a fabulous songwriter and he’s still got that cutting edge.”
Townsend adds: “This album is almost all new songs written last year, with just two exceptions. There is no theme, no concept, no story, just a set of songs that I – and my brother Simon – wrote to give Roger some inspiration, challenges and scope for his newly revived singing voice.
“Roger and I are both old men now, by any measure, so I’ve tried to stay away from romance, but also from nostalgia if I can. I didn’t want to make anyone feel uncomfortable. Memories are OK, and some of the songs refer to the explosive state of things today.”
All This Music Will Fade is available via streaming platforms now.
The Who will tour across the UK and Ireland throughout March and April next year, where they’ll be joined by a full orchestra. Tickets are on sale now.
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- The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 20-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 4:42 pm
THE WHO Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy (1972 UK first press 14-track LP retrospective, housed in the original E.J. Day printed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with some light shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with little play)
- The Who - Odds & Sods - 1st + Poster - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 4:42 pm
THE WHO Odds & Sods (1974 UK first press 11-track stereo vinyl LP comprising a collection of studio outtakes and rarities, including the singles Long Live Rock and Postcard. The unique die-cut sleeve has some shelfwear evident and comes completewith the integral full colour back picture allowed to show through and braille titles on the reverse plus the double-sided lyric insert and rare fold-out colour poster [light creasing] while the vinyl shows only minor signs of play and remainsin overall EX condition!)
- The Who - Tommy - 2nd - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 14-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 21, 2024 at 4:42 pm
THE WHO Tommy (1971 UK issue of the classic 25-track double LP, housed in a superb tri-fold matt picture sleeve with deluxe twelve page un-numbered booklet. The sleeve shows light wear with edge scuffing and a corner crease, the booklet is nice & sharp and despite the Side 2 label missing from the first disc, the vinyl appears Near Mint) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- The Who - Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 14:08)on December 21, 2024 at 4:42 pm
THE WHO Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy (1971 UK mail order only issue 14-track compilation LP, often cited as the first and best Who collection, issued for the Audio Club Of Great Britain with an exclusive 'ACB' catalogue number, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minor shelf/edge wear and the vinyl displays a few cosmetic surface marks, overall an excellent example ACB00221)
- The Who - Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 16-Dec-2024 17:05)on December 21, 2024 at 4:42 pm
THE WHO Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy (1971 UK mail order only issue 14-track compilation LP, often cited as the first and best Who collection, issued for the Audio Club Of Great Britain with an exclusive 'ACB' catalogue number, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minor shelf/edge wear and the vinyl displays a few cosmetic surface marks, overall an excellent example ACB00221)
Pete Townshend’s vocal at the end.