Sam Fender’s “Hypersonic Missiles” (2019) announced him as a vital new voice in British rock. The energetic anthem – which became the title track of his debut album – wraps Springsteen-like sax and guitar around lyrics critiquing global unrest and millennial anxiety. It shot to #1 on the UK Albums Chart and won Fender the Critics’ Choice Award. “Hypersonic Missiles,” with its hook about the world going mad, struck a chord as an ironically upbeat protest song for a troubled generation.