English Teacher are navigating the Wild West of life’s everyday absurdities. Here, this year’s Mercury Prize winners discuss their debut album, This Could Be Texas, understanding their sense of place and why Leeds will always be their home.

“It seems like everything we’ve aspired to, we’ve so far been able to achieve, so I’m convinced that we’re living in a simulation.” – Lily Fontaine

 

Following their win of the Mercury Prize earlier this year, Leeds-born quartet, English Teacher, have rocketed into the limelight, propelled by their surrealist debut album, This Could Be Texas. For NOTION The Artists Vol. 1, two of four group members, Lily Fontaine and Nicholas Eden, sit down with us to talk about their journey, understanding a sense of place, and why Leeds will always be their home. 

 

Order your copy of NOTION The Artists Vol. 1 here.