Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born January 11, 1985) is an English singer… Read Full Bio ↴Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born January 11, 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey, UK. Known for his rhythmic guitar playing, Faulkner came to prominence in 2007, with the release of his debut studio album, Hand Built by Robots. The album was certified double platinum in the United Kingdom, and yielded the singles, Dream Catch Me, I Need Something and Teardrop. Following an accident, which resulted in his right wrist shattering, Faulkner released his second studio album, Rebuilt by Humans in 2009 (so called because he broke his hand whilst taking family and friends skiing, though he himself was not skiing he fell and broke his hand. His father flew some of the best surgeons in the world to come and repair it so was literally "Rebuilt by Humans")

Faulkner began playing guitar at the age of 11-12 with session guitarist Bob "crazy guy" Cranham and also attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, where he spent 2 years gaining both diploma and the higher diploma award under the tutelage of Eric Roche.

His first band was a Green Day cover band, in which he played bass guitar. His experience on the stage grew as he formed Half a Guy, a funk rock group with a quirky edge, with fellow band mates Matt Buchanan, Dave Elvy and Nicola Crawshaw. Half a Guy recorded two demo CDs and managed 2 years before splitting. He then spent time recording and gigging under the name Newton Battenberg Faulkner, where he played the Lapagestock festival on the 11th June 2005.

Recent appearances on BBC Radio 2 as well as a publishing deal with Peermusic UK compelled the Independent on Sunday to tell its readers to "Watch this face". Faulkner performed at the 2006 South by Southwest music festival and at Guilfest 2007.

In 2006 he had a support slot for Steve Forbert at The Spitz in London, England.

Newton has recently been signed by [labelSony BMG records and on the 30th of July 2007 he released his debut album Hand Built By Robots. He supported James Morrison on his February UK tour as well as Paolo Nutini on his UK tour in April, and also John Mayer on his September dates in the United Kingdom. He also supported The John Butler Trio on a number of European dates.

In June 2007 Newton's second single Dream Catch Me was selected Jo Whiley's 'Pet Sound' on her daily Radio 1 show. This gave the track much exposure and was highly commented on by listeners to Jo's show.

Newton appeared twice at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2007 - once on the Friday on the Acoustic Stage and once on the Sunday on the Leftfield Stage. He appeared at V Festival 2007 in August where he played in the Virgin Mobile Sessions Tent - a venue much too small as people overflowed outside. He also appeared at the Connect Music Festival at the end of August 2007 on the Guitars and Other Machines stage

On July 29, Dream Catch Me entered the UK Singles Chart at number 16. The following week it had risen to number 7 with Hand Built By Robots entering the album charts at number 3. The song rose to #8 on 12 August, the album to number 1 on 26 August.

Eric Roche is undoubtedly one of Newton's biggest influences, both from a stylistic point of view (vis a vis the percussive use of the guitar's body) and through the use of tapping, uncommon tunings and inventive chord changes, such as in I Need Something and Ageing Superhero, from his debut album. This method of playing also shows heavily in the work of Jon Gomm and Pete Wailes, although with a slightly different feel in both.

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Newton Faulkner Lyrics

I'm hoping it'll all get better
But it keeps on getting worse
Time and time again
People running as the earth shakes
Just another earthquake coming in
To break my faith in this
Wind blowing off the rooftops
Water in the basements
Looking like lightning strikes again
Story ends and another begins

And they will keep on coming
They will keep on coming
Every single flame burns bright and fades
But that's okay
My best-laid plans are washed away
No time to make 'em all again
Sometimes life gets in the way
We've got to keep on breathing
Look how far we've come
Look what we've made
Started from nothing, building
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick
So we're back to broken hearted
Back to where we started
Everything we built gone down again
If this was in the movies
It's said to be the truth
Bet no one would believe a word of it
Far reaching on the hillsides
Losing by a landslide
Everybody's patience wearing thin
The drama ends and another begins
But if everybody loses, everybody wins
Every single flame burns bright and fades
But that's okay
My best-laid plans are washed away
No time to make 'em all again
Sometimes life gets in the way
We've got to keep on breathing
Look how far we've come
Look what we've made
Started from nothing, building
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick by, brick by
Brick
All we have is us
To build back up
What we have lost
But that's enough
Every single flame burns bright and fades
But that's okay
My best-laid plans are washed away
No time to make 'em all again
Sometimes life gets in the way
We've got to keep on breathing
Look how far we've come
Look what we've made
Started from nothing, building
My best-laid plans are washed away
(Brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by)
No time to make 'em all again (Brick by brick)
Sometimes life gets in the way
(Brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by)
We've got to keep on breathing (Brick by brick)
My best-laid plans are washed away
(Brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by)
No time to make 'em all again (Brick by brick)
Sometimes life gets in the way
(Brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by, brick by)
We've got to keep on breathing (Brick by brick)

Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: SAM FARRAR, NEWTON FAULKNER, TOBY FAULKNER

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