AMERICAN FOOTBALL - AMERICAN FOOTBALL (LP3)(Big Scary Monsters)
American Football’s original triumph, on their 1999 self-titled debut, was to reunite two shy siblings: emo and post-rock. It was a pioneering album where lyrical clarity was obscured and complicated by the stealth musical textures surrounding it.
But there wasn’t a band around anymore to explain it, anyway. The three young men who made the album – Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, and Steve Lamos – split up pretty much on its release. Fifteen years later, American Football reunited (now as a four-piece, with the addition of Nate Kinsella). They played far larger shows than in their original incarnation and recorded their long-anticipated second album, 2016’s American Football (LP2). The release was widely praised, but the band members still felt like their best work was yet to come.
But there wasn’t a band around anymore to explain it, anyway. The three young men who made the album – Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, and Steve Lamos – split up pretty much on its release. Fifteen years later, American Football reunited (now as a four-piece, with the addition of Nate Kinsella). They played far larger shows than in their original incarnation and recorded their long-anticipated second album, 2016’s American Football (LP2). The release was widely praised, but the band members still felt like their best work was yet to come.
Enter American Football (LP3).
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. The album features Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Hayley Williams from Paramore, and Elizabeth Powell, of the Québécoise act Land Of Talk.
- Tracklist:
1. Silhouettes 07:24
2. Every Wave To Ever Rise (Ft. Elizabeth Powell) 05:54
3. Uncomfortably Numb (Ft. Hayley Williams) 04:10
4. Heir Apparent 05:53
5. Doom In Full Bloom 07:49
6. I Can't Feel You (Ft. Rachel Goswell) 04:47
7. Mine To Miss 05:24
8. Life Support 05:58
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