Broken biscuits, blistering paint, life as a paving slab: English Teacher have captured life in Britain like no other band in recent years. It’s no wonder they won last year’s Mercury Prize for their debut album This Could Be Texas. The Leeds band match meandering climbing bass with instances of folk, prog, electronica, and all-out vigour, underpinned by frontwoman Lily Fontaine’s impressionistic, conversational lyrics: musically adventurous, socially observant, and live, an emotional force to be reckoned with.
Country: UK
Label: Universal
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