{"id":5178,"date":"2025-09-03T08:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:46:22","slug":"sam-fender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/sam-fender","title":{"rendered":"Episode 298: Sam Fender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;People Watching&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SongExploder298-SamFender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SongExploder298-SamFender.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SongExploder298-SamFender-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SongExploder298-SamFender-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SongExploder298-SamFender-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_e6c4d6cd-0dfb-4c3f-bca3-777bd2d0b058&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sam-fender-people-watching\/id788236947?i=1000724791101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6S2fnUeBVYvDw23MDoSLBA?si=DX-dESvATxiHPv_mMDmLRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/964082ea-dfbc-4b09-9ef6-aecab592d06c\/song-exploder-sam-fender---people-watching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samfender.com\/\">Sam Fender<\/a> is a singer and songwriter from the town of North Shields in England. He won the Brit Award for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brit_Award_for_British_Rock\/Alternative_Act\">Best Rock\/Alternative Act <\/a>twice. His most recent album is called <a href=\"https:\/\/shopus.samfender.com\/\"><em>People Watching,<\/em><\/a> and just like his first two albums, it went to #1 on the UK album charts. To help produce the album, Sam enlisted <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-war-on-drugs\">Adam Granduciel, the singer and frontman of the Grammy-winning band The War On Drugs. <\/a> For this episode, I talked to Sam, and his bandmate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/joeatkinsern\/?hl=en\">Joe Atkinson,<\/a> about the title track from <em>People Watching,<\/em> and the long journey that it took to get made, from Sam\u2019s kitchen, to the Hollywood Hills, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbeyroad.com\/\">Abbey Road.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5cXCUp6j5M8?si=jZvVNqpj2pwib05t\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream &#8220;People Watching&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1778713618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Song-Exploder-Sam-Fender-Transcript-Google-Docs.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amberltd.co.uk\/in-memoriam-anne-orwin\/\">Annie Orwin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookebentham.co.uk\/\">Brooke Bentham<\/a> &#8211; backing vocals<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dru_michael\/?hl=en\">Dru Michael<\/a> &#8211; drums<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/deanedwardthompson\/\">Dean Thompson<\/a> &#8211; lead guitar<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwebbtrumpet\/\">Mark Webb<\/a> &#8211; trumpet<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/johnnybluehat\/\">Johnny &#8216;Bluehat&#8217; Davis<\/a> &#8211; tenor sax<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jonnatchez.com\/about\">Jon Natchez<\/a>&#8211; baritone sax<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rosiedanvers.com\/\">Rosie Danvers <\/a>&#8211; strings arranger<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/milocostudios.com\/studios\/sleeper-sounds\/\">Sleeper Sounds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tompetty.com\/\">Tom Petty<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0442631\/?ref_=ttpl_ov_srs\">Billy Connolly<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out<a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/perfume-genius\"> the Perfume Genius episode <\/a>to learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neumann.com\/en-us\/products\/microphones\/ku-100\">binaural mic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_in_the_Dream\"><em>Lost in the Dream<\/em><\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-war-on-drugs\">The War On Drugs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)\">Dancing in the Dark<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/brucespringsteen.net\/\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;People Watching&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON \u00b7 OTHER APPS Sam Fender is a singer and songwriter from the town of North Shields in England. 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