Album · 2019
Hypersonic Missiles
by Sam Fender
Hypersonic Missiles is an album by Sam Fender, released in 2019 on Polydor, with 13 tracks.
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- 11 min
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13 tracks · 11 min
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Hypersonic Missiles is the debut studio album by English musician, Sam Fender. The album was released on 13 September 2019 through Polydor Records. The album includes the singles "Play God", "Leave Fast", "Dead Boys", "That Sound", "Hypersonic Missiles", "Will We Talk?" and "The Borders". The album saw widespread critical acclaim as well as debuting at number 1 on the UK Official Albums Chart. Background Sam Fender grew up in North Shields in Newcastle upon Tyne. He started obsessing over Bruce Springsteen albums after his brother introduced him to the albums "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "Born to Run". At the age of 13 he began to write his own music inspired by Springsteen as well as Oasis and Joni Mitchell. He started to perform open mic nights with his brother where he would cover Jimi Hendrix songs as well as noughties indie rock songs. After he turned 18 he began performing paid gigs at restaurants In 2010 he was spotted performing by Ben Howard's manager who quickly took him on as a client. Following brief acting roles on the shows Vera and Wolfblood, Fender released his debut single Play God on March 30th 2017 before re-releasing it in anticipation of his album in Jan…