On Sunday I was listening to Lianne La Havas’ COLORS rendition of “Bittersweet” on YouTube.

We’re picking that fight everyday
This shit’s going nowhere

The Algorithm did its job well and showed me the latest KEXP concert by a new to me band called English Teacher. I was blown away.

Even though I’ve seen more COLORS Shows than KEXPs

A bit prog at times, and a lot music studenty, but they can really play so that’s all forgiven, especially if you listen to the interview with the band at the end of the full concert.

“Albert Road” is possibly my favourite, although I think the recorded version is even better and more poignant with the video (especially in light of the drama of the last couple of days):

(Steve’s mate’s son used to play in The Fall…)

So don’t take our prejudice to heart
We hate everyone
The world around us never showed
How loving can be fun

More than The Fall, they somehow remind me of The Sugarcubes, who I loved back in the late 80s, but who I haven’t listened to properly for a long time. I listened to the album “Life’s Too Good” this afternoon while working, and it was better than I remember it. “Deus”:

He put me in a bath tub
Made me squeaky clean

Apparently Bjork’s producer produced English Teacher’s album.

More reminiscent of The Fall (and Frank Sidebottom), perhaps, is their song (and video) about the singer’s smalltown hometown of Colne in Lancashire and its inflated egos, “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab”.

I am the world’s biggest paving slab
So watch your fucking feet