English singer-songwriter (born 1994)
Sam Fender
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Fender in 2021
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Born
| Samuel Thomas Fender
1994 (age 29–30)
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Occupations
| - Singer
- songwriter
- musician
- model
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Years active
| 2013?present
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Works
| Discography
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Awards
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Musical career
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Labels
| Polydor
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Website
| samfender
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Musical artist
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Samuel Thomas Fender
(born 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in
North Shields
, Fender discovered his passion for music during his teenage years and released several singles independently beginning in 2017. His sound relies primarily on his
traditional American musical
upbringing combined with a
British rock
sensibility. He is known for his high
tenor
voice and
Geordie
accent. Recognised for his songwriting style, Fender is the recipient of two
Brit Awards
.
In addition to being named one of the
BBC's Sound of 2018
, Fender signed to
Polydor Records
and released his debut EP,
Dead Boys
, in 2018. He won the
Critics' Choice Award
at the
2019 Brit Awards
and released his debut album,
Hypersonic Missiles
, which entered the
UK Albums Chart
at number one, that same year. His second album,
Seventeen Going Under
, was released in 2021. The album topped the UK Albums Chart and received a nomination for the 2022
Mercury Prize
, with its
title track
gaining commercial success. In 2022, Fender won the
Brit Award for British Rock/Alternative Act
.
Early life
Samuel Thomas Fender
[1]
was born in 1994
[2]
in
North Shields
, England,
[3]
to Shirley and Alan Fender. He has a brother, Liam,
[4]
nine years his senior.
[5]
Shirley was a nurse, and Alan was an electrician; the
working class
family lived in a terraced house in the suburb of North Shields.
[6]
Alan is also a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist, whilst Liam plays the drums.
[7]
Both were musicians performing locally.
[8]
Fender described the first 10 years of his life as "comfortable" within a musical family.
[6]
His great-great-grandmother was Irish.
[9]
His father later became a music teacher.
[10]
He had a tumultuous late childhood and adolescence. His mother abandoned him when he was eight years old, but he later returned to her after his stepmother forced him out of his father's house.
[4]
[11]
His mother was then living in the
Scottish Borders
, and Fender would grow up there when he visited her.
[12]
[13]
At age eight, Fender received his first guitar from his father.
[5]
Fascinated by
Jimmy Page
,
Jimi Hendrix
and
Slash
, he became "proficient" on the guitar at age 10.
[14]
Fender attended
John Spence Community High School
in
Preston, Tyne and Wear
.
[15]
He was bullied for being overweight and unathletic as a child.
[5]
When he was a young teen, he and his mother discovered the body of a woman they knew who died by suicide, which affected his formative years.
[16]
When Fender was 12, he met his friend Dean Thompson and continued to play the guitar alongside him.
[17]
[18]
Over the following year, he performed for the first time in front of an audience at his brother's
street performer
nights, playing Hendrix covers,
[19]
and accompanied by Thompson at the latter's uncle's birthday, covering songs by
Kings of Leon
.
[17]
His ambition at this point was to become a professional musician; Fender recalled, "when I hit 13 it was the only thing I wanted from life."
[19]
At age 14, Fender began writing songs.
[20]
The same year, he learned to sing by listening to
Jeff Buckley
's
Grace
, an album his brother gave him.
[14]
Fender's brother introduced him to
Bruce Springsteen
's
Born to Run
and
Darkness on the Edge of Town
albums at age 15,
[21]
[10]
during which he also began playing at his brother's
open mic
nights and formed his first band.
[22]
[19]
At the time, he and his mother were poor and living in a small, crumbling flat within a
council estate
on the outskirts of North Shields.
[6]
Fender attended
sixth form
at
Whitley Bay High School
.
[15]
He found musically-minded friends at high school.
[5]
He met Joe Atkinson, and they developed a friendship through their musical interests.
[18]
Fender studied theatre and
A Level
in
English language
and literature at Whitley Bay High School; during this time, he began to spend most of his time in the music department, although he had not studied the subject academically. He was regarded as popular with students and staff and engaged in school activities. Fender performed with his band for the
Year 13
students finishing their time.
[23]
Fighting punctuated his difficult youth, and despite his broad shoulders, he often got punched. Alan would teach him boxing to improve this situation, but the expected result was usually not obtained.
[24]
At age 16, Fender entered a
Teenage Cancer Trust
competition and won.
[25]
The environment Fender grew up in was "ravaged" by the omnipresence of drugs, especially
spice
.
[9]
His friends were dealing
marijuana
, and later some switched to hard drugs such as
cocaine
.
[5]
Social pressure had prompted him to smoke spice several times, but he stopped after finding the experience unsettling, while his friends became addicted for years, which Fender said "destroyed their lives".
[9]
When he was 17, his mother had to end her 40-year career as a nurse due to
fibromyalgia
; he considered selling drugs to support her, but she talked him out of it.
[5]
Fender idolised his father for his talent as a musician, and viewed him as a tough man who struggled to provide for his children in a region facing an endemic lack of opportunities.
[24]
Fender recalled that his stepfather had become homeless for more than a year after serving in the
armed forces
, and faced difficulty escaping street life whilst struggling to find stable housing and employment.
[26]
Fender said he needed to become independent quickly.
[8]
Whilst studying, Fender simultaneously held two jobs, working in a local restaurant and pub (where his manager later discovered him), and consumed alcoholic beverages daily from 17 and a half to 18, relieving him from work fatigue.
[25]
He abandoned his A Levels to earn money to help his mother, who developed a mental illness in addition to her fibromyalgia. At the time, both had slipped below the
poverty line
.
[8]
His uncle would help them through their adversities and inconveniences, and eventually, Fender would find his outlet in music. His father was then a guitarist playing in clubs around
Newcastle upon Tyne
, and their relationship improved due to their shared common passion for music.
[5]
Around 18 years old, Fender began performing paid gigs at restaurants.
[19]
After high school, he held several jobs, teaching guitars and working in a call centre and a bar.
[1]
Career
2013?2018: Beginnings
At 18, Fender was spotted performing in Low Lights Tavern, the pub where he worked, by
Ben Howard
's manager, Owain Davies, who took him on as a client.
[27]
Throughout 2013, he played a series of gigs across England supporting other artists, including Howard and
Willy Mason
.
[20]
Fender was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness when he was 20, shortly after which his father moved to France.
[28]
He took two years out for health reasons.
[29]
He revealed years later that he has a "
compromised immune system
".
[30]
Fender has said that prior to this time he tried to write songs that he thought would be popular as he was "desperate to do well" to get himself and his mother out of their financial and living situation.
[16]
However, Fender said that having a major health scare and facing the possibility of death changed his outlook on life. His recovery refocused his songwriting efforts, and he began writing songs for himself. It was out of this period that Fender wrote a number of the songs he went on to release.
[8]
In March 2017, Fender independently released his debut single, "
Play God
", which premiered on
BBC Radio 1
.
[31]
In the summer of 2017, Fender played the first shows with his band, consisting of guitarist Thompson, guitarist and keyboardist Atkinson, bassist Tom Ungerer, and drummer Drew Micheal.
[22]
[18]
Throughout this period Fender toured with support slots for acts such as
Bear's Den
,
Declan McKenna
,
[32]
and
Michael Kiwanuka
.
[33]
In 2017, he put out singles "Friday Fighting" and "Start Again", which sparked a first breakthrough.
[34]
In November 2017, Fender was placed on
BBC
's
Sound of 2018
shortlist,
[35]
Won by
Sigrid
, the list was compiled by votes from 173 critics, festival bookers, and DJs.
[36]
On 2 December 2017, he played a
BBC Music Introducing
session at
Maida Vale Studios
.
[37]
In June 2018, he signed with
Polydor Records
.
[38]
The single "Dead Boys" was premiered as
Annie Mac
's
Hottest Record in the World
in October. The song deals with the subject of male suicide, and Fender wrote it as a reaction to losing close friends to suicide.
[39]
In October 2018, Fender performed "Dead Boys" alongside "Leave Fast" on BBC's
Later... with Jools Holland
.
[40]
"Dead Boys" was considered Fender's first breakthrough song, as it was the first to bring him mainstream attention.
[41]
The single "
That Sound
" was released on 22 October 2018. His debut EP,
Dead Boys
, followed the next month, on 20 November 2018.
[42]
The EP also featured the songs "Spice" and "Poundshop Kardashians".
[43]
Alongside the EP's release, he embarked on a headline tour, including three shows at the London's Omeara club and one at Newcastle University, and toured with
Blossoms
in December.
[34]
He also went on a 13-date European and Australian tour.
[44]
In December 2018, Fender was selected by
Vevo
to be a part of its Dscvr 2019 Artists to Watch series,
[45]
and he was included in
The Irish News
'
list of "Who are the ones to watch in music in 2019?".
[46]
2019?2020:
Hypersonic Missiles
In January 2019, the final band line-up was completed by saxophonist Johnny "Blue Hat" Davis, who had worked with
The Who
's
Roger Daltrey
[18]
and
The Blues Brothers
'
Lou Marini
.
[4]
In anticipation of his debut album, Fender re-released "Play God" on 14 January 2019.
[47]
The following month, Fender won the
Critics' Choice Award
at the
2019 Brit Awards
.
[48]
On 26 February, he performed "Play God" in his first
Live Lounge
alongside a cover of
Ariana Grande
's "
Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
".
[49]
On 6 March, Fender released a single, "
Hypersonic Missiles
", the forthcoming album's title track, which he described as an "unorthodox love song".
[50]
In March, he performed the song on his US television debut on
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
[41]
He embarked on his first North American tour in March, including shows in New York City and Los Angeles and at the
South by Southwest
festival in
Texas
.
[51]
[38]
In May, Fender performed at
Radio 1's Big Weekend
in
Middlesbrough
.
[52]
In early July, he announced the album alongside the release of the single "
Will We Talk?
".
[53]
After extensive touring, including two shows at
Shepherd's Bush Empire
,
[54]
Fender had to cancel several gigs, including
Glastonbury Festival
, after experiencing severe bleeding in his
vocal cords
. Nevertheless, after a month of rest, he recovered sufficiently to support
Bob Dylan
and
Neil Young
in
Hyde Park
[8]
and set a record for the fastest-selling show at the
Mouth of the Tyne Festival
, where he was the headliner.
[55]
After Fender's performance of "Will We Talk?" on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
in August 2019, Claire Shaffer of
Rolling Stone
wrote: "Fender is notably one of the few true singer-songwriters who's climbing the modern-day pop charts".
[56]
After that, he performed at the
Lollapalooza
festival in Chicago
[57]
and the
Summer Sonic Festival
in
Osaka
and Tokyo.
[58]
The last single, "
The Borders
" was released two weeks prior to the album.
[59]
Fender released his debut studio album,
Hypersonic Missiles
,
on 13 September 2019.
[56]
It topped the
UK Albums Chart
, outselling the rest of the top 5 combined at the mid-week mark,
[60]
and sold 41,000 copies in its first week of release.
[61]
[62]
The album debuted and peaked at number twelve on the
Billboard
Heatseekers Albums
chart.
[63]
On 21 September, Fender supported
Liam Gallagher
for a
Radio X
performance at the
O2 Ritz
in Manchester.
[64]
He received the
Official Charts
Number 1 Award for the BBC's
Match of the Day
.
[65]
Subsequently, he returned for a second North American tour spanning from 25 September to 20 October.
[66]
On 21 October 2019, Fender appeared as the musical guest on
Late Night with Seth Meyers
.
[67]
On 22 November, he began a headlining tour of 20 dates in the UK and Ireland, including two nights at the
O2 Brixton Academy
and four nights at the
O2 Academy Newcastle
.
[68]
Fender set the record for the fastest sell-out of four nights at Newcastle's O2 Academy.
[27]
On 10 December 2019, "
All Is on My Side
" was released being described as one of his oldest songs and a staple of his live set, which didn't make it on the album.
[69]
Hypersonic Missiles
was certified Gold by the
British Phonographic Industry
(BPI) for selling over 100,000 units in the UK, three months after the album release, on 13 December 2019.
[70]
It was the "fastest-selling" and the eleventh best-selling vinyl album of 2019 in the UK.
[71]
[72]
Elton John
personally invited Fender to perform at his annual
AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Party
after the
92nd Academy Awards
in 2020.
[73]
On 13 February 2020, the single "
Hold Out
" was released, which Fender said was to be the last release from the
Hypersonic Missiles
era.
[74]
He wrote the song when he was 20.
[75]
Fender was nominated for
Best New Artist
at the
2020 Brit Awards
, won by
Lewis Capaldi
.
[76]
In February 2020, he undertook a headlining tour across Europe to promote the album.
[77]
Fender performed in the Live Lounge playing a cover of "
Back To Black
" by
Amy Winehouse
, which was later officially released.
[78]
He was supposed to embark on a UK-headline tour in spring 2020, including performances at
Leeds Arena
,
Utilita Arena Newcastle
, and
Cardiff International Arena
,
[79]
which would have marked his first-ever headlining arena shows.
[69]
However, in March, Fender was forced to reschedule the tour due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
.
[80]
In August 2020, Fender was the first act to perform at the world's first
socially distanced
venue, at the
Gosforth Park
-based Virgin Money Unity Arena, in Newcastle.
[81]
Opening the show with "Will We Talk?", he played three unreleased songs, including "The Kitchen" and "
Seventeen Going Under
".
[82]
"Dead Boys" was nominated for the
Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically
.
[83]
On 24 November 2020, Fender released the single "
Winter Song
", a cover of a 1970s track by
Lindisfarne
,
[84]
which was premiered as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World.
[85]
He performed the song with the
Royal Northern Sinfonia
at the
Sage Gateshead
Christmas Cracker event on 18 December.
[86]
2021?present:
Seventeen Going Under
On 7 July 2021, Fender released "
Seventeen Going Under
" as the lead single and title track of his second studio album.
[87]
The song focuses on Fender at age 17 and his struggle to help his mother financially.
[5]
Alongside this, Fender announced the album's track list and described it as "a coming of age story", "growing up", "a celebration of life after hardship, and
... surviving".
[87]
The single debuted at number 44 on the
UK Singles Chart
.
[88]
Fender followed the title track's release with the politically charged single "Aye", which he described as being "about the polarity between the left and the right wing".
[89]
Fender embarked on a 13-date headline UK tour, which was initially scheduled for March and April 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic.
[90]
On 8 September, he released the single "Get You Down".
[91]
The single "Spit of You", released on 27 September, chronicles Fender's relationship with his father, played by actor
Stephen Graham
in the music video directed by
Philip Barantini
.
[92]
[93]
"Get You Down" was later featured on the
FIFA 22
video game soundtrack.
[94]
Produced by Bramwell Bronte,
Seventeen Going Under
was released on 8 October 2021 through Polydor Records.
[87]
The album debuted at number one on the
UK Albums Chart
, marking Fender's second time to debut at the top spot.
Seventeen Going Under
shifted 44,000 copies in its first week of release, 79% of which were physical sales, outselling the rest of the top 10 albums combined. The album marked Fender's highest first-week sales to date and the fifth-biggest opening week of 2021. It also topped the
Official Vinyl Albums Chart
, and was the best-seller album in its first week in the UK's independent record shops.
[95]
It debuted at number one on the
Scottish Albums Chart
.
[96]
Fender said that "as a record, I think this one is leagues ahead of
Hypersonic Missiles
, I'm more proud of this than anything I've ever done. It's probably the best thing I've done in my life."
[97]
It received "universal acclaim", based on the cumulative reviews on the website
Metacritic
.
[98]
Grant Moon of
Guitar World
called it "a masterclass in songwriting".
[99]
Fender presented a documentary on the life of
Alan Hull
, named
Lindisfarne's Geordie Genius: The Alan Hull Story
, which featured contributions from
Sting
,
Elvis Costello
,
Mark Knopfler
,
Dave Stewart
, and
Peter Gabriel
. It was broadcast by
BBC Four
on 26 November 2021.
[100]
In December 2021,
The New York Times
wrote that Fender "is fast becoming one of Britain's biggest rock acts".
[101]
Seventeen Going Under
was the eleventh best-selling vinyl album of 2021 in the UK.
[102]
"Seventeen Going Under" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in the week ending 13 January 2022, after 25 weeks on the chart.
[103]
Fender received the
Brit Award for British Rock/Alternative Act
the following month at the
2022 Brit Awards
.
[104]
He dedicated the win (in part) to the North East Homeless centre.
[105]
Fender embarked on a UK-headline arena tour to support
Seventeen Going Under
, which began on 20 March and included shows at
Wembley Arena
,
OVO Hydro Arena
, and also
3Arena
in Dublin, Ireland.
[106]
On 19 May, "Seventeen Going Under" earned Fender an
Ivor Novello Award
in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
[107]
He supported
The Killers
on 5 and 6 June at
Emirates Stadium
.
[108]
On 24 June, Fender performed on the Pyramid Stage at
Glastonbury Festival 2022
.
[109]
He appeared as a special guest for
The Rolling Stones
at
British Summer Time Hyde Park
on 3 July 2022.
[110]
Fender headlined a show to 45,000 people at
Finsbury Park
on 15 July 2022. It marked his largest headline show at this point.
[3]
[111]
On 2 September 2022, Fender announced his first headline stadium show for 2023.
[112]
On 18 October, Fender secured his first
Mercury Prize
nomination with
Seventeen Going Under
.
[113]
He unveiled "Wild Grey Ocean", a song previously unreleased from
Seventeen Going Under
, which would later be included in the album's reissue.
[114]
In November 2022, the single "Seventeen Going Under" was certified double platinum by the BPI (1.2 million UK sales).
[115]
[116]
Fender opened for Springsteen at two shows in Italy in May 2023.
[117]
Fender headlined two shows on 9 and 10 June 2023 at Newcastle's
St James' Park
stadium, attended by 100,000 people in total. Both shows injected
£
15
million into the local economy.
[118]
Other endeavours
Acting
Fender acted in the pilot episode of the
ITV
drama series
Vera
, which aired in 2011.
[119]
He also appeared in an episode of the fantasy series
Wolfblood
, which first aired on
CBBC
in 2012.
[120]
About his brief acting career, Fender stated he favoured music due to the ability to have "more control over it".
[121]
In 2021, he expressed interest in the possibility of pursuing acting roles in the future.
[4]
Grace Almond of
Rolling Stone
wrote that the music videos of "Spit of You" and "Get You Down", where he was the lead character, highlighted Fender's acting abilities.
[122]
Modelling
In 2018, Fender first appeared in UK fashion magazines such as
F Word
and
The Last Magazine
.
[7]
[123]
In April 2019, he was chosen as a model to front the "Suit Your Self" tailoring campaign for
Topman
.
[124]
In 2019, he was featured in a
GQ
magazine article.
[125]
Fender made an appearance at the
British GQ
Men of the Year Awards 2019 at
Tate Modern
in London.
[126]
In September 2020, he was hired as the "face" of an eighteen-month motorcycle-inspired clothing campaign for British brand
Barbour International
and retailer Scotts Menswear.
[127]
[128]
In 2021, Fender created his signature clothing line in partnership with Barbour International and launched it in April of that year via Scotts Menswear. The promotion was accompanied by a short film called
On the Record
, which included an interview conducted at Newcastle's Vinyl Guruh record store.
[129]
As part of his modelling work, Fender has promoted branded apparel such as,
Acne Studios
,
Frame
,
Harrington jacket
,
Martine Rose
,
Nike
,
Rag & Bone
,
Reiss
,
[130]
Champion
,
Levi's
,
Umbro
,
Urban Outfitters
,
[7]
Converse
,
Dr. Martens
, and
Dunhill
.
[123]
Philanthropy
On 1 April 2020, Fender performed for Isolation Nation Live on
LADbible
's Facebook page with an optional donation benefiting the
British Red Cross
's
COVID-19
relief efforts.
[131]
He participated in the
Live Lounge Allstars charity single
as part of a
charity supergroup
that recorded a rendition of "
Times Like These
" by
Foo Fighters
from their homes during the
COVID-19 lockdowns
, whose proceeds were donated to charities
Children in Need
,
Comic Relief
, and
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
.
[132]
[133]
The single premiered on 23 April 2020 alongside a music video.
[134]
Fender released a cover of "Winter Song" by Alan Hull to raise money for
The Big Issue
newspaper, collaborating with the
social enterprise
People of the Streets
.
[84]
He said the issue of homelessness is significant to him as he has friends and relatives who have experienced it.
[85]
On 4 December 2020, Fender launched a petition to urge all UK councils to stop phone charges for helplines for vulnerable groups of people in the North East of England in need of emergency assistance. Fender said it was "scandalous" that four of the seven councils serving its local community charged them 40
pence
per minute.
[135]
The petition was part of a campaign established jointly with the North East Homeless centre. By 21 December 2020, the petition reached 16,500 signatures, and as a result, six councils, including
Durham
,
Gateshead
,
Newcastle City
,
North Tyneside
,
Northumberland
and
South Tyneside
, decided to drop phone charges for their helplines in favour of free-to-call numbers.
[136]
He contributed a cover of
Metallica
's "
Sad but True
" for the charity tribute album
The Metallica Blacklist
, released in September 2021.
[137]
Half of the proceeds went to Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation, the other half to the Teenage Cancer Trust, chosen by Fender.
[138]
On 19 December 2021, he went to help out at the Newcastle West End Foodbank after being invited by
The Big Issue
.
[139]
In March 2022,
Rega Research
released a limited edition turntable signed by Fender as part of the
Record Store Day
event, whose sale proceeds have been donated to
War Child UK
, which raised funds to help children in plight amid the
war in Ukraine
.
[140]
In the same month, Fender became the patron of the North East Homeless charity.
[141]
On 24 May 2022, Fender performed at
Newcastle City Hall
to raise money for the North East Homeless centre through a ballot ticketing system. The event raised £133,725, thus enabling the centre building renovation.
[142]
Personal life
Fender has
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
, which he believes helped him focus on music.
[5]
His
immune system
issues affected his touring. The
Bristol
and Birmingham shows scheduled for 5 and 6 December 2019 were postponed to January 2020 due to a "respiratory tract infection".
[143]
Despite this, both shows were cancelled again in January 2020, as Fender accumulated chest infections, laryngitis, and tonsillitis.
[144]
He supported the use of
medical marijuana
, which helped alleviate a friend's cancer symptoms.
[9]
On 12 September 2022, Fender announced he was cancelling the remaining dates of his US tour to focus on his mental health. He stated, "I've neglected myself for over a year now and haven't dealt with things that have deeply affected me."
[145]
In 2022, Fender entered the
Sunday Times Rich List
for the first time, ranking him 12th on the list of Young music millionaires in the UK, with wealth valued at £10 million (
US$
11.9
million).
[146]
Political views
Fender holds
left-wing views
, but has said that the
British Left
had "alienated their grassroots supporters" by concentrating on
identity politics
, leaving the working class to "being picked up by the right". He felt that "the increasing
polarisation of political discourse
" is a problem that makes "debate and compromise all but impossible".
[5]
Fender was also a supporter of
Jeremy Corbyn
, telling
The Big Issue
: "I loved Corbyn, quite frankly. I mean, he fucked up a lot of things. But I think his heart was in the right place and that's something that we've not seen for a long time. I just think he was done a massive disservice by the British press. And I think a lot of people who he would have potentially helped, were groomed to hate him."
[147]
In July 2020, he signed an open letter to the UK
Minister for Women and Equalities
,
Liz Truss
, calling for a ban on all forms of
LGBT
conversion therapy
.
[148]
In late 2021, Fender felt disillusioned by politicians and political parties, saying that his "only allegiance now is to 'people
'
".
[24]
In November 2023, Fender signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in
Gaza
.
[149]
Artistry
Influences
Fender grew up in a family where his parents listened to
soul
,
jazz
, rock, and
1990s music
through his brother. He cites
Aretha Franklin
,
Donny Hathaway
,
[150]
Otis Redding
,
[123]
Joni Mitchell
, Jeff Buckley,
Adam Granduciel
, and his father's favourite band,
Steely Dan
, as his early inspirations.
[99]
His
godfather
was also a significant source of musical inspiration to him growing up; thus, visiting him, Fender would listen to songs by Mitchell and
the Smiths
.
[150]
He also listened to 1960s
rock and roll
,
the Spencer Davis Group
,
the Kinks
,
[151]
Joy Division
, and
Talking Heads
growing up.
[34]
Fender credited his initial interest and inspiration for songwriting to a teacher who encouraged him to enhance his writing as part of a two-year school work beginning at age 13.
[10]
Fender names Bruce Springsteen and his album
Born to Run
as a major influence.
[152]
[99]
While dismissing comparisons between himself and Springsteen, Fender called Springsteen "a genius" and one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time."
[153]
On Fender's originality,
The Irish Times
'
Niall Byrne stated that his work "has retained its own sense of identity and has avoided the pitfalls of regurgitation".
[154]
Songs from the
1980s
, such as "
Fast Car
" by
Tracy Chapman
and "
Luka
" by
Suzanne Vega
, as well as
The Beatles
,
ABBA
, and
Kendrick Lamar
use a writing style that Fender appreciates.
[99]
Voice and musical style
Fender's music falls under the broad category of
rock
.
[155]
[156]
He has been classified as an
indie rock
[157]
and
British rock
singer.
[158]
His musical style incorporates the indie rock,
[159]
heartland rock
,
[160]
pop rock
,
Americana
, and
post-punk
genres.
[161]
Fender's music nonetheless adheres to the sound of 1990s
Britpop
, manifested in the 2019 album
Hypersonic Missiles
.
[21]
[162]
Classic
jangle pop
also defined his musical style and has been particularly recognisable on songs such as "The Borders" and the reverberant opening guitar riff of "Seventeen Going Under".
[163]
"Play God" has been characterised as
math rock
with a dynamic groove,
[33]
"Saturday" as
rhythm and blues
,
[4]
and "That Sound" as
power pop
.
[164]
The indie rock song "Will We Talk?", structured around abundant melodies, has been widely viewed, in essence, as rock and roll.
[165]
"Last to Make It Home" has been described as an "acoustic-style ballad" with an Americana–
folk rock
chord structure. The
motif
of "Spit of You" is based on three sequences of guitar
arpeggios
, a Fender's trademark that he plays on the 2021 album
Seventeen Going Under
alongside Thompson and Atkinson, creating "movement" to the main chord progression.
[99]
"Howdon Aldi Death Queue" displays an occasional penchant for
punk rock
.
[166]
[167]
The Guardian
'
s
Alexis Petridis
opined that the second album is rooted in contemporary times and closely connected with the early
1980s period
of
The Jam
and
The Specials
.
[168]
Max Winkler of the
Hamburg Evening Newspaper
wonders if Fender is "the future of rock'n'roll",
[169]
whilst
Neil McCormick
of
The Telegraph
writes that through his music, he "continues his crusade to keep Britain safe for rock'n'roll".
[170]
Financial Times
critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney felt a musical approach leaning towards "classic rock" and considered Fender to have established his "authentically British version" of heartland rock as
Dire Straits
had done in the 1980s.
[171]
The Times
critic
Will Hodgkinson
agreed, calling it "Fender's nostalgia set to a classic rock sound".
[155]
He has been dubbed "The British heartland rocker" by
WFPK
's Kyle Meredith.
[172]
He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer,
Hammond organ
,
glockenspiel
, harmonica, and
mandolin
. The characteristic features of Fender's music include the
jangly
guitar tone of
Jazzmasters
,
solos
, saxophone, and also
horns
and
strings
.
[14]
MusicRadar
has described the
pulsating
rhythmic sounds of Michael's
drum beats
as "huge" and explained that he displays "discipline and respect" for Fender's anthemic songs.
[173]
[nb 1]
Michael's drumming style has been characterised by
motorik
beats.
[168]
[175]
Fender is known for his
high
tenor
voice and strong
Geordie
accent (
North East England
).
[14]
His manager said he was "totally struck by this incredible voice" when Fender, then 18, began singing under the encouragement of his boss at Low Lights Tavern.
[101]
Moon described his voice as "earnest" with
keening
harmonies. Fender has stated that he tends to sing at the top of his
vocal range
when writing and performing, saying he is "always
belting
."
[99]
Ellie Harrison of
The Independent
regarded Fender's voice as "big and
sonorous
" and
expressing
"moments of vulnerability".
[28]
The Telegraph
'
s James Hall wrote that his live vocals were "rich and vibrant" in the
upper register
, particularly on medium tempo songs like "Mantra".
[162]
Petridis observed that in ascending
pitch
on the song "Aye", Fender's voice "takes on the keening quality" of
John Lydon
.
[168]
Songwriting
Fender told
Billboard
in 2019 that he was entering a phase of writing lyrics first due to his enjoyment of "just writing poetry or just writing freeform".
[151]
Fender mostly writes songs on the piano and converts them to the guitar, continuing the creative development to find slight variations of chords on the latter.
[14]
Byrne argued that Fender distinguished himself as "an artist interested in expressing lived emotion" when releasing his series of singles from 2017.
[154]
Rolling Stone
music columnist Tim Ingham observed a "near-complete decline of the solo singer-songwriter pop hit" over the previous decade in 2019 and described Fender as "a rarity in the modern music industry: a major label priority act ... who entirely writes all of his own material".
[176]
Triple J
's Al Newstead wrote that
Hypersonic Missiles
"introduced him as a songwriter with skill, honesty, and a great love for anthemic rock". Newstead further said that Fender "embrace the voice-of-a-generation mantle thrust upon him" on the first two albums'
politically charged songs
but, by contrast, is more effective at addressing mental health-related topics and personal experiences.
[152]
Moon deemed Fender's lyrics "powerful, poetic, personal" and his songwriting "descriptive", imbued with reality and details, exemplified in the lyrics of "The Dying Light", "This town is a world of waifs and strays, comedy giants, penniless heroes/Dead men at the bar, I drank with them all."
[99]
Petridis felt he moved away from Springsteen's influence on the second album and noted a significant improvement in the lyrical department through an approach to songwriting that placed greater autobiographical emphasis with the addition of romantic, novelistic aspects.
[168]
The urban environment and local
pubs
' atmosphere often serve as a thematic framework for his songs. Songs provide the narrative of his personal experiences and those of his friends, ranging from "troubled childhoods", working class life in North Shields, to
male suicides
.
[101]
His songs also addressed communication, romantic failures, and relationships—including "complicated" ones between fathers and sons. Some lyrics were about self-esteem and growing up in England, whilst others chronicled the country's political spectrum and the ensuing tensions.
[14]
Others thematically refer to teenage life, friendship, mental health,
[177]
poverty,
[8]
"toxic masculinity",
[39]
social media addiction
, and "faceless"
politicians
.
[16]
Seventeen Going Under
was described as Fender "turning the mirror on himself; his adolescence and the trials and tribulations of growing up", with North Shields as "the ever-present backdrop".
[87]
In 2022, some of his lyrics are being used for English teaching to
Year 9
pupils as part of the
Key Stage 3
National Curriculum for England
at Whitley Bay High School due to the quality of their writing and "certain messages" conveyed that "resonate with young people".
[23]
Equipment
Fender plays guitars
of the same name
.
[14]
He began playing a
Les Paul
in his early days, and then the Fender brand offered to provide him with free equipment. He subsequently developed an interest in the sound of the Jazzmaster.
[178]
He also uses a
powder blue
Stratocaster
and a
Takamine
acoustic guitar; both are gifts from Elton John.
[179]
[14]
Although his guitar was previously tuned to Eb standard, he adjusted it to his belt voice and switched to
C standard
.
[99]
He recorded the second album tuned to C standard and
Nashville tuning
and used light
gauge strings
.
[14]
Backing band members
Current
[14]
[18]
- Dean Thompson ? guitar, backing vocals
(2017?present)
- Tom Ungerer ? bass guitar
(2017?present)
- Joe Atkinson ? keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, backing vocals
(2017?present)
- Drew Michael ? drums
(2017?present)
- Johnny "Blue Hat" Davis ? saxophone
(2019?present)
- Mark Webb ? trumpet
(2021?present)
[180]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Notes
- ^
In late 2021, Drew Michael was voted number two in a
MusicRadar
reader's poll for "The 10 best rock drummers in the world right now",
[173]
and Fender was voted number two on their poll of "The 10 best songwriter guitarists in the world right now".
[174]
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