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Sep 11, 2019This is a debut album that cements Fender’s place at the golden table: the perfect first attempt.
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Sep 13, 2019Mostly, though, this is everything a debut should be: fascinating, confused and a little bit terrified.
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Sep 12, 2019Fender is young enough to be immersed in the life he documents, not writing at a nostalgic remove. When he rises to longing high notes on weekend anthem Saturday, you can really feel him straining at the leash. I think Springsteen would approve.
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Sep 12, 2019Hypersonic Missiles is smart, passionate, and loaded with rock-solid anthems that surpass the "promising" designation.
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Sep 12, 2019What’s here doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it’s very well done.
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Q MagazineSep 11, 2019With Fender's vocals soaring over skyscraper guitars and choruses that accelerate into a surging, full-throttle blast, it's hard not to imagine the stadium potential of these songs. There's a power in their marriage of beauty and disgruntlement, towering moments that recall '80s U2 or Simple Minds. [Oct 2019, p.115]
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Sep 11, 2019Hypersonic Missiles mostly hits the notes he longs to convey: it’s by turns euphoric and melancholy, self-deprecating and righteous, untethered and claustrophobic. There are no easy answers here, but Sam Fender’s asking the right questions.
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Sep 11, 2019Fender drew plenty of early comparisons to Bruce Springsteen – on Hypersonic Missiles they’re entirely warranted, as much for the instrumentation as the lyricism and his vignettes of working-class struggle.
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Sep 11, 2019Hypersonic Missiles is packed with high octane hits, all of which translate into an impeccable record. Sam Fender’s debut is brave, confident and evocative.
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Oct 4, 2019Galvanizing at heart, Fender's bow burns with sharp conviction and intimacy.
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Sep 13, 2019Hypersonic Missiles on its own is unsatisfying, and the overconfident presentation risks stifling his voice before he’s found it.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 38 out of 44
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Mixed: 2 out of 44
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Negative: 4 out of 44
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Sep 24, 2019This is just the best album I heard this year by a male artist. Coming for a new artist it's quite impressive!
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Sep 16, 2019It's an amazing album full of great songs. Sam's future will be brilliant. Great job man.
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Sep 14, 2019How Sam Fender can be so overrated nowadays as well as Lewis Capaldi?
This album is a masterpiece ✨