American Football

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Minsker, Evan (April 21, 2014). "American Football Reunite for First Shows in 15 Years". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015 . Retrieved June 15, 2015. a b c "American Football CD". Polyvinyl Recording Co. Archived from the original on January 19, 2001 . Retrieved December 8, 2021.Vinyl Albums: June 7, 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016 . Retrieved July 6, 2015. Frontman Mike Kinsella previously played in Chicago-based bands Cap'n Jazz and Joan of Arc alongside his brother Tim. [4] Mike played drums for both bands. [2] In 1997 Kinsella started The One Up Downstairs, [2] whose line-up consisted of Allen Johnson on bass, Steve Lamos on drums, David Johnson on guitar, and Kinsella himself on vocals. [5] The One Up Downstairs recorded three songs that were planned for a 7" vinyl release by Polyvinyl. [2] However, the band broke up before it was pressed, thus the record was shelved. [2] [nb 1] Shortly afterwards, Lamos was jamming with guitarist Steve Holmes, [6] who was Kinsella's college roommate. [7] [nb 2] Kinsella thought he "could add something", [6] resulting in the trio forming American Football. [9] The band got their name from a poster that Lamos' girlfriend had spotted. [7] The poster read, "Come see American Football, the most overpaid athletes in the world." [7] Roffman, Michael (March 21, 2014). "American Football announce deluxe reissue of 1999 self-titled album". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015 . Retrieved June 14, 2015. a b "American Football - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015 . Retrieved June 14, 2015. Somewhere along the way we moved from being a reunion band to just being a band,’ says Steve Holmes. American Football is now a bona fide ongoing focus, and they are making some of the best music of their lives. American Football (LP3) stands with two other rare reunion successes – Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine’s mbv – as a fine example of how a band refinding one another can augment, rather than taint, their legacy.

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At a time when reunions have become rote, American Football is decidedly an anomaly. There is no past glory to relive or reignite, nor the burden to branch out and break from a well worn formula. Seventeen years later everything still feels brand new, because for them it is. They are a band that for one reason or another closed the lid on their creative output just as they were beginning an unforeseeable upswing, and are just now after a stasis returning to uncork it with the benefit of greater maturity and better musicianship.

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American Football, also known retrospectively as LP1, is the debut studio album by American midwest emo band of the same name, released on September 14, 1999, through Polyvinyl. It was recorded shortly after the band released their debut self-titled EP through Polyvinyl in October 1998. The group, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Mike Kinsella, guitarist Steve Holmes, and drummer Steve Lamos, recorded their debut album at Private Studios in Urbana, Illinois, with production from Brendan Gamble.

After guitarist Steve Holmes discovered a set of cassette tapes containing a variety of unreleased recordings, the band curated an album's worth of these rare live recordings, demos, and practice sessions (in which the group rehearsed material they never recorded elsewhere) to complement the original record. In a 2019 interview with Noisey, Polyvinyl co-founder Matt Lundford described the album's subsequent sales figures and influence in the years following its release as "a constant climb upwards." [21] Lunford recalled that American Football "just kept organically being discovered by people, and then inspiring people and inspiring bands, and then being rediscovered." [21] Reissue and touring [ edit ] LP3 is contemplative, rich, expressive, yet with a queasy undercurrent. It is heavy with expectancy, revealing its ideas slowly, eliciting the hidden stories people carry around with them. ‘I feel like my lyric writing has changed a lot over the years,’ says Mike. ‘The goal is to be conversational, maybe to state something giant and heavy, but in a very plain way. But, definitely in this record, I keep things a little more vague.’ As on the first album, the lyrics on LP3 may seem confessional and concentrated, but the more you scrutinize them, the further their meaning slinks away. Or, as Mike tellingly sings on ‘I Can’t Feel You”: I’m fluent in subtlety. Rettig, James (January 12, 2015). "The American Football House In Champaign-Urbana Is Available For Rent This Summer". Stereogum. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015 . Retrieved June 15, 2015.