Leeds indie band English Teacher win Mercury prize

The band take home the £25,000 prize for their debut album, This Could Be Texas, beating artists including Charli xcx and the Last Dinner Party The Leeds indie band English Teacher have won the Mercury prize for their debut album, This Could Be Texas. Formed in 2020, the four-piece formed at Leeds Conservatoire and signed to Island records to release their first album. In a 9/10 review for website the Line of Best Fit, critic Kieran Macadie said that the band set themselves apart from their post-punk peers, many of whom hail from south London, thanks to their “northern charm”.