Sam Fender returns with new album & single ‘Seventeen Going Under’

Premiered by BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac as Hottest Record In The World, “Seventeen Going Under ” is the new indie single by North Shields crooner Sam Fender.

The track is the title track of his forthcoming new album established for release on October 8th 2021.

Musically as well as thematically, Seventeen Going Under picks up where “Hypersonic Missiles” ended. Equipped with social critique and eager political observations, the brand-new track deals with the discomforts of growing up in a small town, family, and friends.

Fender’s pointed lyrics prompt a vivid image of the events he encountered while growing up in the north of England (such as “See I spent my teens enraged/ Spiralling in silence/ And arm myself with a grin”), all the while making the song relatable to anyone that has been or is 17; a difficult age.

Buoyed by upbeat drums, soaring guitars and Fender’s massive vocal abilities, “Seventeen Going Under” vows to be an instantaneous classic.

In short, the album is a coming-of-age story, and a celebration of life overcoming those adverse teenage years.

The brand-new song follows on from Fender’s number 1 UK cd Hypersonic Missiles, released in October 2019, as well as the standalone singles All Is On My Side and Hold On. Driven by the success of the 2019 debut record, the Brit Award victor has been occupied playing sold-out live shows on both sides of the Atlantic until the pandemic halted touring.

Fender returned to his home town and began working on album number two with long-time friend and producer Bramwell Bronte who had likewise produced Hypersonic Missiles.