“Over two albums, Sam Fender has cast an increasingly astute eye over the working-class struggles of his native North Shields while wrangling with his own parallel narrative. But after his acclaimed 2019 debut, Hypersonic Missiles, and its hugely successful follow-up, Seventeen Going Under (2021), the 30-year-old clearly feels the weight of other people’s attention. On his troubled yet brilliant th”
“reflective and perceptive indie rock from North Shields’ shining star”
“U.K. singer-songwriter grapples with who he is and where he’s from on his third album”
“U.K. singer-songwriter grapples with who he is and where he’s from on his third album”
“Sam Fender heads home on People Watching”
“On his third album, the UK’s own heartland rocker casts an empathetic eye on modern British life. Even as he shouts at max volume, he sometimes gets lost in the wall of sound.”
