The Who frontman Roger Daltrey says there’s “no level” in releasing one other album.
The ‘My Technology’ hitmaker, 79, insists followers are extra involved in listening to the legendary rock group’s best hits, regardless of their newest LP, 2019’s ‘Who, reaching quantity three on the UK Albums Chart and quantity two on the American Billboard 200.
In an interview with NME, he stated: “What’s the purpose?”
Roger continued: “What’s the purpose of information? We launched an album 4 years in the past, and it did nothing.
“It’s a terrific album too, however there isn’t the curiosity on the market for brand new music as of late. Folks wish to hear the outdated music. I don’t know why, however that’s the actual fact.”
He added: “Document corporations, they only don’t do the identical job as they used to.”
In 2021, guitarist Pete Townshend admitted he wasn’t certain if there will be one other album due to the “old school means that they work”.
The 77-year-old musician informed Guitar Participant journal: “So far as a brand new file, it does take various time to place collectively the 20 or 30 songs which might be wanted for each Roger [Daltrey] and I and any producer that we may be working with to cherry-pick those that match the instances.
“Since you write the songs, after which two years later you are placing all of them out, and also you simply hope that you’ll hit the temper of the second.
“A variety of artists now are writing songs at residence, recording them at residence and placing them out inside weeks.
“However our course of is the old school means, and it does take lots of time. So I do not know, however I’m optimistic. And I am definitely stuffed with concepts.”
And Pete admitted he and Roger have barely totally different stances on pushing boundaries at this stage of their profession.
He defined: “I feel Roger does not wish to be promoting concepts which might be both obscure or evolving, which might be unfinished.
“However I am nonetheless at a spot now the place I wish to be playing and taking possibilities as a studio composer and author.”