Don’t rely The Who out simply but. A brand new album from the prog rock legends will not be as far-fetched because it as soon as appeared – at the very least if Pete Townshend is to be believed.

Whereas frontman Roger Daltrey has repeatedly downplayed the thought of one other Who document in recent times – citing the associated fee and underwhelming business efficiency of 2019’s WHO as causes to maneuver on (“there’s no document market anymore,” he beforehand mentioned) – Townshend has now prompt that door may not be absolutely closed.

The Who guitarist and first songwriter just lately shared a glimpse of his new London writing studio on Instagram – an area he says was “constructed by Rick Astley” and “mine now”.

“I’m loving it. Nice sound. I’m very spoiled,” Townshend writes.

And when one commenter prompt there was “no means” “one other Who album” would occur, Townshend fired again with a stunning reply: “You could be improper. Roger needs to present it a strive.”

The musician additionally fielded questions on his present setup, revealing a comparatively no-frills strategy to writing and recording.

“I take advantage of a MacBook. The sequencer is an MPC Dwell III. I apply it to the street like a portastudio,” he writes within the feedback, including that his audio system of alternative are Genelec.

Whether or not that setup finally ends up powering a full-blown Who document stays to be seen – however for now, it seems the thought is again on the desk.

Within the meantime, Townshend has beforehand revealed he’s sitting on lots of of unfinished items – and isn’t against utilizing AI to assist full a few of them.

“I’ve managed to wade by about half of [my unfinished music],” he mentioned throughout an look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. “What’s fascinating is… I don’t know what to do with it! I’m fairly enthusiastic about AI [to see what it makes of it].”

“I’m fairly enthusiastic about [using it to rework] a few of my previous songs that didn’t fairly work,” he added. “[If I put stuff] onto Suno or some AI music machine, [I could see] what it might probably make of it. There could be some hits!”