Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (Glastonbury 2022)

[highplainsdem]

Cross-post from Music Appreciation.

Editing to link to the Wikipedia page about this song:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Going_Under_(song)

And I see that takes you to the page about the album of the same name, though that page links to the one about the song.

From Wikipedia, about the album:

Seventeen Going Under is the second studio album by English musician Sam Fender. The album was released on 8 October 2021 through Polydor Records. The album explores Fender's upbringing and how it has impacted who he is today, exploring both his outward nihilism as well as his internal self-examination. Three singles were released ahead of the album: the title track, "Get You Down" and "Spit of You".

The album received universal acclaim from music critics and was also a commercial success becoming Fender's second number one album in the UK Albums Chart and Scottish albums chart. It also peaked at number 4 in the Irish albums chart. NME named Seventeen Going Under the best album of 2021, topping their year-end list, and was named the best indie rock album of 2021 by PopMatters. The album also received a nomination at the 42nd Brit Awards in the British Album of the Year category[8] and won the awards for Best Album by a UK Artist and Best Album in the World at the 2022 NME Awards.[9]

And about the song:

"Seventeen Going Under" is a song by English singer-songwriter Sam Fender. It was released on 7 July 2021 as the lead single from his second studio album of the same name.[2] The song was written by Fender, and produced by Bramwell Bronte. It was a sleeper hit, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart on 7 January 2022, becoming Fender's highest-charting career single to date.[3]

"Seventeen Going Under" was named Hottest Record of the Year 2021 by BBC Radio 1 listeners[4][5] and was voted number sixteen by Australian radio Triple J listeners on the Triple J Hottest 100 chart.[6] It was also voted number one by more than 14,000 Radio X listeners for the Best of British 2022.[7] In May 2022, the song won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.[8]

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. I've posted Sam Fender songs from his first record before here ...

This tune friggin rocks:

and his followup 17 Going Under is also a really great record.

[highplainsdem]

2. I'd done a search and seen you were the only one posting his music, but I decided to

give it a try, see how much of a response I could get.

Not that we had much luck turning other DUers into Struts fans earlier this year...

But both Sam Fender and the Struts are great, and I hope people will listen to them.

I do like "Hypersonic Missiles," too.