English Teacher’s highly anticipated LP This Could Be Texas is a perfect debut, even earning the esteemed Mercury Prize. The Leeds quartet held little to nothing back across the 13 song collection. With piano refrains, guitar riffs and poetic lyrics, the album defies genre, toeing the lines of post-punk and indie-prog and everything in between. It’s expansive and sonically spacious without feeling too unapproachable.

Frontwoman Lily Fontaine explains, “I want this album to feel like you’ve gone to space, and it turns out it’s almost identical to Doncaster. It’s about in-betweens, it’s about home, and it’s about Desire Paths.”

Watch English Teacher perform “Broken Biscuits” and “Albatross” live at WNXP’s Sonic Cathedral.

Hear the band discuss the making of the album and how their education impacts their artistry while on the record with WNXP.