American Football

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a b c "American Football CD". Polyvinyl Recording Co. Archived from the original on January 19, 2001 . Retrieved December 8, 2021. From its now iconic artwork to the band's unique songwriting approach (highlighted by an emphasis on shifting time signatures and sincere lyrics), American Football proves a record doesn't become a true classic through flashiness or catering to trends, but rather the deep emotional connection it forges between the music and the listener. American Football (known colloquially as LP3, as all the band’s studio albums are self-titled) awakens with microscopic bell chimes and shudders of vibraphone as the seven minutes of “Silhouettes” swaddle the band’s guitar lattices in reverb and glitter-gray exhaust. It’s Steve Reich reincarnated as a tinny iPhone alarm on lead singer Mike Kinsella’s nightstand, going off after a sleepless night. “Oh, the muscle memory it must take to stay,” Kinsella sings, a sharp turn from the typical American Football song where ex-lovers wistfully stare into a Midwestern autumn sunset, or his work with the band Owen, where he’s staring down an Old Style at last call. And yet, a line like, “Tell me again what’s the allure of inconsequential love,” speaks to the pull of having at least felt something, an escape from the mundanity that creeps into any love of consequence.Beaujon, Andrew (December 1999). "American Football: American Football / The Get Up Kids: Something to Write Home About". Spin. 15 (12): 220. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017 . Retrieved April 5, 2016.

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a b c d e f g h i Martell, Nevin (June 11, 2014). "FILTER Magazine - Exclusives - You Should Already Know: American Football". filtermagazine.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015 . Retrieved June 15, 2015. American Football also joked that LP3’s genre was ‘post-house’, because of this very conscious visual break. But, in a strange way, there are links in LP3 with an actual post-house genre: shoegaze. The more exploratory members of the original British shoegaze scene were inspired by the dreamtime and circularity of house music (ambient house in particular), cherishing its sonic possibilities. That spirit drips into LP3, most obviously on ‘I Can’t Feel You’, a collaboration with Rachel Goswell of Slowdive. Cohen, Ian (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020 . Retrieved August 14, 2020. a b "American Football - Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015 . Retrieved June 14, 2015.

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