The guitar-band-remix-album is a scarce phenomenon. Especially in its entirety like this; a few tracks, sure, but an entire track list remixed by thirteen different artists is borderline unheard of in the current state of British guitar music. For Leeds-based quartet English Teacher, it’s serving as a satiating pit stop while the world eagerly awaits their second album.
For four individuals seeking catharsis within a four-piece rock band, it’s evident a conflation of diverse influence spilled into the debut album, 2024’s Mercury Prize-winning This Could Be Texas. It traverses post-punk, balladry, mathy art rock, the occasional glitched out moment of weirdness, passages of haunting strings, and some of the most ridiculously talented…