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Sofa Session: English Teacher

English Teacher play a Sofa Session for Jo, including tracks from their new album This Could Be Texas and a previously unheard cover!

Plus, the Vinyl Revival from Nirvana.

English Teacher play a Sofa Session for Jo, including tracks from their new album This Could Be Texas and a previously unheard cover!

Formed in Leeds in 2020, English Teacher are singer Lily Fontaine, guitarist Lewis Whiting, drummer Douglas Frost and bassist Nicholas Eden. Since the release of their first EP Polyawkward in 2022, English Teacher have sold-out tours in the UK and the US, appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, made their debut Glastonbury appearance and supported bands including Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Paolo Nutini.

After years of playing live, the band will release their debut album This Could Be Texas on the 12th April. It features singles Nearly Daffodils, R&B and The World's Biggest Paving Slab. They will tour the UK again in May.

Ahead of the release of their debut LP, English Teacher join Jo live at the legendary Maida Vale Studios.

Plus, the Vinyl Revival from Nirvana. To mark 30 years since the death of frontman Kurt Cobain, this week Jo plays tracks from the band's seminal album Nevermind and shares your memories of listening to the record.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Wed 3 Apr 2024 19:30
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Music Played

  • Lucy Rose

    Over When It's Over

    • Communion Group.

  • Eagle鈥怑ye Cherry

    Save Tonight

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artists.
    • Elektra.

  • Hozier

    Too Sweet

    • Unheard E.P..
    • Rubyworks.

  • Divorce

    Gears

    • Gravity Records/EMI.

  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Gossip

    Tough

    • Real Power.
    • Columbia Local.
    • 10.

  • Nirvana

    In Bloom

    • Nevermind.
    • DCG.
    • 2.

  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Germ-Free Adolescents

    • Virgin.

  • Le Tigre

    Deceptacon

    • Wiiija Records.

  • English Teacher

    Albert Road (Sofa Session, 3 April 2024)

  • English Teacher

    Nearly Daffodils (Sofa Session, 3 April 2024)

  • T. Rex

    Cosmic Dancer

    • Electric Warrior.
    • Universal Music Group International.
    • 2.

  • English Teacher

    New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down (Sofa Session, 3 April 2024)

  • Mogwai

    Helicon 1

    • Ten Rapid.
    • Rock Action Records.

  • Maggie Rogers

    Don't Forget Me

    • Capitol Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Apr 2024 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2