English teacher announces debut album, shares video for new song 'Albert Road'

English teacher announces debut album, shares video for new song 'Albert Road'

This could be Texas Out April 12 via Island

January 19, 2024

By Mark Redfern

Photo by Tatiana Pozuelo

Leeds, England-based four-piece English Teacher have announced their debut album, This could be Texas, and shared a new song from it, “Albert Road,” via a music video. They have also announced some UK tour dates. This could be Texas is expected to be released on April 12th via Island. Watch the 'Albert Road' video below, followed by the tracklist and album art, as well as tour dates.

English teacher is Lily Fontaine (vocals, rhythm guitar, synth), Douglas Frost (drums, piano, vocals), Nicholas Eden (bass) and Lewis Whiting (lead guitar). This could be Texas features three previously released singles by the band: “The World's Biggest Paving Slab”, “Nearly Daffodils” and “Mastermind Specialism”.

“I want this album to feel like you've been to space and it turns out to be almost identical to Doncaster. It's for the in-between, it's for the home and the paths of desire,” Fontaine says in a press release.

Of “Albert Road,” Fontaine says, “When people ask me where I'm from, I usually say I'm of mixed race: half Yorkshire, half Lancashire. It allows me to deviate with comedy from the possible connotations of that question, the which change wildly depending on who asks her. One end of Albert Road in Colne (her home town) is cold, underfunded and uninspiring. the other is hot in the evening with live music. It sums up how I look back on the place I lived for 19 years.”

Co-director Douglas Frost said of the song's video: “This video, which he co-directed with the talented Sarah Oglesby at Sodium Films, represents the complex feelings of love one can have for one's hometown. I wanted 'Albert Road' to have a dreamlike feel, while still keeping a firm grip on reality. That's why we chose to shoot in one of our favorite pubs in Leeds, The Cardigan Arms—its classic interior was a great juxtaposition to the ethereal qualities of the video. There are also some easter eggs for those English Teacher fans (if you're out there, get in touch). This is technically my directorial debut, so sit back, shut up, and be nice.”

This could be Texas Track List:

01. Albatross
02. The largest cobblestone in the world
03. Broken Cookies
04. I don't cry, you cry
05. Brain Specialty
06. This could be Texas
07. Not everyone goes into space
08. R&B
09. Almost Daffodils
10. The best tears of your life
11. You Blister My Paint
12. Sideboob
13. Albert Road

English teacher tour dates:

January 28 – The Crescent, York
January 29 – The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
31 January – The Georgia Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees
1st February – Polar Bear, Hull
February 2 – Where?, Margate
February 3 – Bedford Esquires, Bedford
February 8 – L'Ubu, Rennes, FRA
February 9 – Le Krakatoa, Mérignac, FRA
February 10 – Point Éphémère, Paris, FRA
February 13 – Cactus Club, Brugge, BEL
February 14 – Trix, Antwerpen, BEL
February 17 – Molotow, Hamburg, GER
February 18 – Cassiopeia, Berlin, GER
February 20 – Kranhalle, Munich, GER
February 22 – Vera, Groningen, NL
February 23 – Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
24th Paradiso Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
May 8 – Concorde 2, Brighton
9 May – Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
May 10 – Thekla, Bristol
May 11 – Clwb lfor Bach, Cardiff
May 13 – The Bullingdon, Oxford
May 15 – The Foundry, Sheffield
May 16 – Irish Centre, Leeds
17 May – Mash House, Edinburgh
18 May – King Tuts, Glasgow
May 21 – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
May 22 – Whelans, Dublin
May 24 – Gorilla, Manchester
May 25 – Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
28 May – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
May 29 – Electric Brixton, London

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