Sam Fender is very pleased to announce details of his second album, Seventeen Going Under. It is released on the 8thOctober through Polydor Records. It was recorded in North Shields and produced with Bramwell Bronte.
Almost two years since the release of Sam’s critically acclaimed debut album Hypersonic Missiles debuted at number 1 in the UK album chart, Sam now readies its follow up. Seventeen Going Under finds
Sam turning the mirror on himself; his adolescence and the trials and
tribulations of growing up. It’s a relatable journey that careers
through an often misspent youth, navigating tumultuous relationships
with both friends and family, and trying to figure out what comes next
and how to get there. North Shields is the ever-present backdrop for
these deeply personal vignettes of a young life travelling breathlessly
from nought to sixty, hauling on the brakes and zipping back again from
where he started. Over the course of the record, these stunning songs
chronicle all the cherished memories, tricky encounters, and events that
Sam cannot unsee.
It’s the story of a young teen losing not
only his innocence, but then finding strength to stagger blindly into
adulthood and all that entails.
The first track shared today,
the album’s title track, condenses that narrative into a few minutes of
chest-thumping, heart-swelling pride. Seventeen is a classic age that
has resonated and inspired songwriters for years, and Seventeen Going Undercan
be added to that cannon. It’s an emphatic, soaring guitar song that
collates the struggles of unemployed life, but also the daftness of age
where you otherwise have little to fear and the world at your feet. It’s
an explosive return.
Whilst Seventeen Going Under is a more intensely personal record than Hypersonic Missiles,
it’s lost none of Sam’s acute sense of observation. It’s a brave
record. A defiant record. A celebratory record and an inspiring one
too. Like only truly great songwriters can, Sam turns his own experience
into art that speaks to, and resonates with all of us. These are
simple but stunning songs that arrow straight to, and straight from, the
heart.
Sam Fender: “This album is a coming of age story.It’s about growing up. It’s a celebration of life after hardship, and it’s a celebration of surviving.”
Seventeen Going Under can be pre-ordered HERE
Album Tracklisting:Seventeen
Going Under / Getting Started / Aye / Get You Down / Long Way Off /
Spit Of You / Last To Make It Home / The Leveller / Mantra / Paradigms /
The Dying Light
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