Hypersonic Missiles

Hypersonic Missiles introduces Sam Fender through songs that connect private frustration with the pressures of the world outside. The title track gives that tension a large, ringing rock arrangement, while “Dead Boys” brings the focus to the silence surrounding male suicide.

Fender's voice can fill the big choruses, but the smaller details matter just as much. “The Borders” follows a damaged friendship through its history, and “Leave Fast” looks closely at the pull of home. The record keeps returning to people whose lives do not fit an easy escape story.