“Folks Watching”
Sam Fender is a singer and songwriter from the city of North Shields in England. He gained the Brit Award for Best Rock/Alternative Act twice. His most up-to-date album is named People Watching, and similar to his first two albums, it went to #1 on the UK album charts. To assist produce the album, Sam enlisted Adam Granduciel, the singer and frontman of the Grammy-winning band The War On Drugs. For this episode, I talked to Sam, and his bandmate Joe Atkinson, in regards to the title monitor from Folks Watching, and the lengthy journey that it took to get made, from Sam’s kitchen, to the Hollywood Hills, to Abbey Road.
You should buy or stream “Folks Watching” here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
Annie Orwin
Brooke Bentham – backing vocals
Dru Michael – drums
Dean Thompson – lead guitar
Mark Webb – trumpet
Johnny ‘Bluehat’ Davis – tenor sax
Jon Natchez– baritone sax
Rosie Danvers – strings arranger
Sleeper Sounds
Tom Petty
Billy Connolly
Try the Perfume Genius episode to study extra in regards to the binaural mic
Lost in the Dream – The War On Drugs
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
