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English Teacher & Graham Coxon
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
English Teacher & Graham Coxon
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Parasite — played 2026-03-12
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English Teacher & Graham Coxon — Parasite
Played: 2026-03-12
Track 11 on HELP(2), released 6 March 2026 on War Child Records. English Teacher are a Leeds post-punk band who won the Mercury Prize in 2024 for their debut album This Could Be Texas. Graham Coxon is the guitarist of Blur; he also appears on HELP(2) alongside Damon Albarn on the track 'Flags.'
English Teacher
Origin: Leeds, England, UK · formed 2020 · active
Members: Lily Fontaine (vocals, guitar) · Lewis Whiting (guitar) · Nicholas Eden (bass) · Douglas Frost (drums) — Blossom Caldarone (cello, piano) also contributes
Genre: Post-punk, art rock, indie rock
Discography:
This Could Be Texas (2024) — Island Records — debut LP, won the 2024 Mercury Prize
Polytechnic (2025) — sophomore album
Facts:
Formed while the members were studying at Leeds Conservatoire in 2020; their Mercury Prize win made them the first act from outside London to take the award since Young Fathers in 2014.
"Parasite" (with Graham Coxon of Blur) appears on HELP(2) (2026), a War Child charity compilation on which Coxon also features alongside Damon Albarn on the track "Flags."