English Teacher - This Could be Texas (Mercury Prize Winner 2024)

Album - Expected Release Date: 12/04/24 - Green & Black Vinyl Available  

Genre: Indie 

This Could Be … all shades of red? Cubist? We hope you find a personal connection to the album’s music, but if not then you can personalise the front cover with this limited edition paint by numbers version of the album. Feel free to stray from the lines. In fact it’s highly encouraged.

Leeds indie frontrunners English Teacher announce debut LP ‘This Could Be Texas’. Preceded by initial LP reveals ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’, ‘Nearly Daffodils’ and ‘Mastermind Specialism’, which were all A-listed on the BBC 6 Music playlist, English Teacher’s remarkable ascent continues to reach new levels, having completed sold-out debut UK and US headline runs last autumn, following their thrilling debut appearance on Later With...Jools Holland. Announced as Independent Venue Week Artist Ambassador for 2024. Lead singer Lily Fontaine explains, “I want this album to feel like you’ve gone to space, and it turns out its almost identical to Doncaster. It’s about in-betweens, it’s about home, and it’s about Desire Paths." In several songs, Fontaine reflects on growing up as a mixed-race individual in a place, she says, “where many didn’t have any tolerance towards people who are different” in a post-Brexit landscape. 

The debut album by Leeds frontrunners ‘This Could Be Texas’ will be released on 12th April 2023.
Lead singer Lily Fontaine explains, “I want this album to feel like you’ve gone to space, and it turns out its almost identical to Doncaster. It’s about in-betweens, it’s about home, and it’s about Desire Paths."