“Spit Of You” by Sam Fender

"Spit of You" is Sam Fender's song about boys and their dads, a single from his second album, Seventeen Going Under, released through Polydor in 2021. He drew it from his own father and the way the two of them never quite managed to tell each other what they felt, and he has framed it as a declaration of love from a son who sees more and more of himself in the old man.

Fender covers guitars, mandolin, piano and glockenspiel, alongside Dean Thompson on guitar, Tom Ungerer on bass, Drew Michael on drums and Joe Atkinson on synth, with trumpet, trombone and saxophone from Mark Webb, Alex Borwick and Johnny "Blue Hat" Davis. Thom Lewis produced. Philip Barantini's video casts Stephen Graham as Fender's father and won Best Rock Video – UK at the 2022 UK Music Video Awards.

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