Top 5 albums of 2024


It’s that time of year again. Yes, the Spectral Nights Top 5 albums of the past 12 months. There have been some exciting new releases and long-awaited returns in 2024. Now it’s time to celebrate some of our favourites. As always, it’s important to note music is not a competition hence we’re hesitant to use…

English Teacher – ‘Albert Road’


English Teacher have shared new single ‘Albert Road’ ahead of the release of their debut LP ‘This Could Be Texas’ (out on 12 April via Island Records). The ballad opens in sparse and introspective fashion as Lily Fontaine opens up about how it feels to be a mixed-race individual in an increasingly intolerant and divisive…

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English Teacher – ‘Wallace’


Leeds-based four-piece follow up the powerful ‘R&B’ with new single, ‘Wallace’, a Theo Verney-produced song that the band describe as ‘an apocalyptic monologue about what happens when people listen to Wallace Hartley, the band-leader of the Titanic, as a distraction to the sinking of the ship. Born in my hometown, his name is stretched across…

English Teacher – ‘R&B’


Released as part of Nice Swan Records (Sports Team, Pip Blom, Hotel Lux) ‘Nice Swan Introduces…’ series, English Teacher’s ‘R&B’ is a powerful and loud piece of art rock with a delicate edge as Lily Fontaine delivers words about caring for someone so much that you end up writing them R&B – even if these…