Sam Fender has previewed two unreleased songs at his Boardmasters show last night (August 3) – watch fan-filmed footage below.The Geordie recently played a show at Plymouth Pavilions, where he gave two unreleased songs their live debut: ‘People Watching’ and ‘Nostalgia’s Lie’.
Fender said the two would appear on his upcoming third album.It will be Fender’s first new music since January’s soulful ‘Iris‘, taken from the Jackdaw soundtrack, and his Noah Kahan collaboration ‘Homesick‘.
He has also teased new music with The War On Drugs frontman Adam Granduciel.‘People Watching’ sees Fender reflect on passerbys he sees on the street, “envious at the glimmer of hope”, whilst ‘Nostalgia’s Lie’ appears to be a narration of Fender returning to his hometown: “These streets break my heart / There is pain and failure, the desperate yearning / For all my friends who are gone / Those were the times where we all had nothing”.Take a listen to ‘People Watching’ and ‘Nostalgia’s Lie’ below:Following his intimate Plymouth show, Fender has teased more dates to come, writing in response to his sold-out Boardmasters show:“Wow, that was rapid.
More dates coming soon x.”Fender also recently gave an update to his incoming third album, admitting he “rushed” to release ‘Seventeen Going Under‘.“We have been recording and recording and making loads of stuff but it got to the point where I thought, ‘We don’t need to get this out yet.
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