{"product_id":"american-football-american-football-lp3-cassette","title":"AMERICAN FOOTBALL - AMERICAN FOOTBALL (LP3) (CASSETTE)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"main-title col-md-12 d-none d-sm-block\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"aec-product-title\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"aec-main-title\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Football (LP3)\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"aec-title-featurelist aec-main-artist\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eArtist: \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Football\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"aec-product-title\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"aec-title-featurelist\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003eCassette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"aec-product-title\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"aec-title-featurelist\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aec-title-date\"\u003e3\/22\/2019\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-flex flex-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"primaryinfo-holder col-lg-8 col-12\" id=\"product-primaryinfo\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePolyvinyl Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVendor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePolyvinyl Family, INC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDistributor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAMPED\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eUPC:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e644110037442\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGenre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12\" id=\"aec-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"aec-desc-label\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican 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. - 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). 'We put a lot of time and a lot of energy into it,' says Mike. 'We were all thoughtful about what we wanted to put out there. Last time, it was figuring out how to use all of our different arms. This time, we were like - Ok we have these arms, let's use them.' The band used the same producer, Jason Cupp, and recorded the album at the same studio (Arc Studios in Omaha, Nebraska) as it's predecessor - yet they approached it in a markedly different way. There was a determination to let the songs breathe, to trust in ideas finding their own pace. The final result is a definite, and deliberate, stretching of the band. - The album also features Hayley Williams from Paramore on the album's catchiest moment, 'Uncomfortably Numb', and Elizabeth Powell, of the Québécoise act Land Of Talk. Mike wrote lyrics in French especially for her. - LP3 is contemplative, rich, expressive, yet with a queasy undercurrent. It is heavy with expectancy, revealing it's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui-tabs ui-corner-all ui-widget ui-widget-content\" id=\"aec-musictabs\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ui-tabs-nav ui-corner-all ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header\" role=\"tablist\"\u003e\n\u003cli aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"MusicTracks\" aria-controls=\"mt-1\" class=\"ui-tabs-tab ui-corner-top ui-state-default ui-tab ui-tabs-active ui-state-active\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"MusicCredits\" aria-controls=\"mt-2\" class=\"ui-tabs-tab ui-corner-top ui-state-default ui-tab\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-corner-bottom ui-widget-content\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"MusicTracks\" id=\"mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracksonly\" id=\"aec-jukebox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-playlist tracksonly\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Silhouettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Every Wave to Ever Rise (Feat. 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