Could Sam Fender be the British Bruce Springsteen? Read why the fast-rising singer-songwriter is our latest Artist You Need to Know
As a kid growing up in the hardscrabble, seaside city of Newcastle, England, such a dilemma would have been unimaginable.In those days, he spent his time obsessing over Bruce Springsteen records after his brother introduced him toDespite their vast cultural differences and nearly 50-year age gap, he related intensely to the storytelling in Springsteen’s songs. “Newcastle is a coastal town that’s like a rundown theme park, like Asbury Park,” he says.
Inspired by everything from Oasis to Joni Mitchell and, of course, Bruce Springsteen, Fender began penning his own songs at age 13 and playing busker nights at local bars. His model-like looks and natural charisma helped him land acting jobs on the British TV showsbut his career on the screen was short-lived. “I prefer music because you have more control over it and I’m a bit of a control freak,” he says. “With acting, unless you wrote the script, you are portraying someone else’s vision.
Another song, “Poundshop Kardashians,” takes aim at “Beautiful people devoid of emotion/Sterilized, pedicured, pedigrees and mankind/Thick as fuck and soulless.” The title may point to Kim Kardashian’s family, but he drew equal inspiration froma Jersey Shore-knockoff that films in Newcastle and has somehow run for 19 seasons since 2011. “Lots of people in my hometown look like the people on that show,” he says, “with loads of v-necks, muscles and fake tans. They can be very vacuous.
Fender’s recent vocal cord problems forced him to pull out of the Isle of Wight festival and rest his voice for, but he’s due back on the road whenever he gets cleared by a doctor and will stay there until at least Christmas . He’s only played a handful of American shows so far and no upcoming ones have been announced, but he plans on coming over once the album is out. “I fucking love playing there,” he says. “We play small places and it feels like starting over again.
He’s already started work on his second record and hopes that at some point he’ll be able to slow things down just a tiny bit. “I’d much rather sit at home and fucking play for the fun of it than keep going like this and break my voice,” he says. “I’ll teach guitar and make albums just for me rather than do that.”
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