Sam Fender
Newcastle native Sam Fender melds urgent, melodic indie rock with the heart of a singer/songwriter and socially conscious lyrics. He rose to acclaim Britain in late 2017 when he appeared on the coveted BBC Sound of 2018 list and was subsequently signed to Polydor Records. Fender found widespread success with his first two albums, 2019's Hypersonic Missiles and 2021's Seventeen Going Under, topping the U.K. album chart with both and taking home a Brit Award for best alternative act in 2022. While the latter album was inspired by his own childhood, he turned to the lives of everyday people for 2025's People Watching.
Born and raised in North Shields, just outside of Newcastle, Fender came from a musical family that included an older brother and father who played out locally. After gigging locally himself, he was discovered by Ben Howard's manager, who helped pave the road for Fender's debut single, "Play God." Moody in tone and socially conscious, it was followed by two more singles, "Greasy Spoon" and "Millennial," before the BBC named Fender, along with acts like Sigrid and Lewis Capaldi, for their Sound of 2018 list. Tours with Hozier and Catfish and the Bottlemen followed, as did 2018 singles like "Leave Fast" and "That Sound," both of which later appeared on his EP Dead Boys, released by Polydor in November of that year.
At the beginning of 2019, Fender went into his own studio to record his debut album with friend and producer Bramwell Bronte. He went on to win the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice honor and made his U.S. television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! before Interscope/Polydor issued the resulting Hypersonic Missiles in September of 2019. The debut went all the way to number one in the U.K., reached the Top 20 in Germany, and rose to number 12 the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
He followed it with 2021's Seventeen Going Under, in short order, this time reflecting on his upbringing and coming of age in North Shields. A commercial and critical success, the album gave Fender his second consecutive number one and took home a pair of 2022 NME Awards as well as well as the Brit Award for Best Rock/Alternative Act, leading to a deluxe expanded edition with numerous live cuts later that year.
Fender turned his songwriting lens outward for his next project, which focused on the lives of everyday people. Co-produced by Fender, the War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel, Markus Dravs (Coldplay, Kings of Leon), and longtime Fender bandmates Dean Thompson and Joe Atkinson, People Watching arrived on Polydor in February 2025.
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People Watching
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Polydor Records el 21-02-2025
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People Watching
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Wild Long Lie
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Seventeen Going Under (Live Deluxe)
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Seventeen Going Under
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All Is On My Side
Pop - Editado por Polydor Records el 10-12-2019
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Arm's Length
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Wild Long Lie
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People Watching
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Arm's Length (Edit)
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Seventeen Going Under (Acoustic)
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