AMERICAN FOOTBALL - same LP Atmospheric doing their own thing

doing their own thing

the Iowa band’s primary influences of doom and drone share a similar ethos

It’s also really easy to tell that these guys love their noise and dissonance with noise on just about every track as well as with a noise only track “French Kissing Alexander Hamilton” that gets a heavily distorted beat going with glitches and swells thrown in to berate your ears

Billy's actually singing and he's good at it

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL - same LP Atmospheric doing their own thingBLUE SMOKE VINYL. American Football's first album showcases cleanly picked guitars, intricate drumming and sincere vocals. The band, made up of Mike Kinsella (Owen, Cap'n Jazz, Joan Of Arc), Steve Holmes and Steve Lamos, rooted itself in Champaign and recorded this album at local studio, Private, with Brendan Gamble (Braid, Moon Seven Times). Despite little touring and with only an EP behind them, these nine songs showcased the trio's uncanny