Sam Fender says he’s “desperate” to make a punk album

Having already dipped his toes into the rock and metal world over the years – from covering Metallica to bringing out AC/DC’s Brian Johnson at St. James’ Park – Sam Fender has revealed that he’s “desperate” to make punk-inspired album in the future.

Fresh from the release of his highly-anticipated third album People Watching on Friday, February 21, the North Shields singer-songwriter told The Times that he’s got more new music in the works, and was “buzzing” to share demo material during the interview.

Likewise, Sam also recently told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 that he had “a load of new songs already”, and had “two avenues” to potentially go down following People Watching.

“I’ve got a real stripped-back bunch of tunes, which really I couldn’t build on,” he revealed. “They need to just be on their own. And then the other side’s a bit more thrashy. So I’m thinking about two records at once at the moment. There’s a part of us that really yearns for, maybe it’s a little solo tour just on my own with an acoustic maybe to see what that’s like.”

Check out The Times interview:

And his Apple Music 1 chat:

You can also see The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins gushing about People Watching closer Remember My Name below:

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