This Could Be Texas
The Mercury Prize-winning debut, 13 tracks written by all four members.
English Teacher, 2024
Salogni also mixed and programmed; Heba Kadry mastered, Grace Banks engineered, and Carlo Salogni played saxophone on "Broken Biscuits". Fontaine plays vocals, guitar, harmonium, piano and synth, Frost drums, vibraphone and more, Whiting guitar and synth, and Eden bass and piano. A studio and recording dates were not found. Uncut gave it 9 of 10, with surprises everywhere, and Pitchfork's Caitlin Wolper wrote that English Teacher can't leave a song alone. The Mercury judges said it reveals new depths on every listen, the mark of a future classic. Rough Trade UK ranked it second of the year. It reached 5 in Scotland, and sold between 12,960 and 14,109 copies in the UK by July 2024, depending on the source.
Track listing
- Albatross3:14
- The World's Biggest Paving Slab3:06
- Broken Biscuits4:07
- I'm Not Crying, You're Crying3:48
- Mastermind Specialism4:41
- This Could Be Texas4:48
- Not Everybody Gets to Go to Space4:01
- R&B2:48
- Nearly Daffodils3:46
- The Best Tears of Your Life3:28
- You Blister My Paint3:57
- Sideboob4:01
- Albert Road4:40
Sources
- This Could Be Texas, Wikipedia
- Mercury Prize 2024 winner: English Teacher, Official Charts (2024-09-05)