Sam Fender Drops New Single HYPERSONIC MISSILE
By: Tori Hartshorn Mar. 05, 2019
Sam Fender shares his first new music of 2019, with the new single "Hypersonic Missile" in advance of his first North American shows in LA, Austin's SXSW, NYC (sold out!) and Toronto as well as his US network television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! March 7. With the BRITs Critics' Choice award in hand, and the finishing touches being made to a debut album recorded up in his own warehouse studio alongside the River Tyne, Sam Fender ups the stakes once more with the sky-scraping "Hypersonic Missile."
Listen to "Hypersonic Missiles" HERE
It's a song that steers close to Sam's oeuvre for impassioned observations about the state of the world around us, commenting on apathy in the face of self-destruction. While we all see the frightening daily political mismanagement being played out across the globe, most of us remain helpless and confused to our own plight, watching quietly for what comes next. It's a message assuredly delivered with Sam's colossal rasp, and typically wrapped in melody. A big voice, and a huge next step for this 24-year-old from North Shields.
Following the whirlwind successes for his recent singles "Dead Boys" and "Play God", "Hypersonic Missile" is arguably Sam Fender's most important track yet. A big statement song, by a bold new voice.
Sam Fender explains: "This song started out when I saw the term 'Hypersonic Missiles' in a newspaper. It's a newly developed Russian missile that travels at something like nine times the speed of sound, which is essentially unstoppable. America currently has no defence against such a weapon, they would be helpless in the wake of an attack, as you have roughly six minutes from the time it is launched to the time it strikes.
"In many ways, Hypersonic Missiles is an unorthodox love song. It's main focus is on the world around the narrator, who is a complete tin foil hatter. They are convinced the world is on its last legs; they know that it is rife with injustice but feel completely helpless and lacking the necessary intelligence to change it while remaining hopelessly addicted to the fruits of consumerism.
"Amongst all the chaos is love and celebration, there is this glimmer of hope that runs through the song, a little notion that no matter what happens, these two people are gonna have a fing good time regardless of the tyrants that run their world, and regardless of the imminent doom from these 'Hypersonic Missiles'.
Earlier this year Fender announced his new US label home Interscope and released "Play God" alongside the song's stunning music video directed by Vincent Haycock, who also directed the video for Fender's breakout hit "Dead Boys". Fender's debut album is available for pre-order now, with release date to be announced in the coming months.
Pre-order debut album HERE
Listen to "Hypersonic Missile" HERE
Watch the Vincent Haycock directed video for "Dead Boys" here.
Listen to "Play God" HERE
Sam Fender Live:
March 11 - The Moroccan Lounge, Los Angeles
March 12 - 16- SXSW, Austin Texas
3/13- KGSR Radio Performance
3/13- Vevo Showcase
3/13- British Embassy Showcase
3/14- KROX Radio Performance
3/14- KRBZ Radio Performance
3/14- Bud Light Dive Bar Performance
3/14- Fender Showcase
3/15- KCMP Showcase
3/15- Secret Sounds Showcase
March 18 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
March 20 - Rough Trade, New York SOLD OUT
April 17 - Badaboum, Paris
April 18 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen
April 20 - Tivoliredenburg, Utrecht
April 22 - Luxor, Cologne
April 24 - Columbia Theater, Berlin
April 25 - Strom, Munchen
April 26 - Papiersaal, Zurich
April 28 - Orangerie, Brussels
April 29 - Melkweg, Amsterdam
May 2 - Ritz, Manchester SOLD OUT
May 3 - QMU, Glasgow SOLD OUT
May 4 - Live at Leeds *NEW DATE*
May 6 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London SOLD OUT
May 7 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London SOLD OUT
May 10 - O2 Academy, Birmingham SOLD OUT
May 12 - Lemon Grove, Exeter SOLD OUT
May 13 - SWX, Bristol SOLD OUT
May 26 - Neighbourhood Weekender, Warrington *NEW DATE*
July 11 - Tynemouth Castle, North Shields SOLD OUT
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