[DID NOT ATTEND: June 14, 2024] English Teacher / Fernette
I’m writing this later in the year because I recently found out about English Teacher and wish that I had seen them when they came around this past summer. It’s entirely possible that I didn’t know who they were when this show came around, AND I had a ticket to see Kim Gordon that night so I wasn’t going to make this show anyway. But I always hate missing a band that I later discover would have been great to see in a small place.
I’m kind of surprised to discover that English Teacher was formed in 2020, as I just heard about them this year. They released their debut album in April of this year, so that might explain why I didn’t know them. I feel like I may have heard a song on Sirius XM, but I’m not sure. However, I recently watches a video of them and they were terrific.
Pitchfork says the band
can’t leave a song alone: Not a track goes by without a twist or complication, whether a time-signature change, an instrumental flourish, or a sudden wall of sound.
Which is exactly what I liked about when I heard them. (more…)
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