Mike Kinsella, Steve Lamos and Steve Holmes formed American Football in Urbana, Illinois and with their landmark self-titled debut album in 1999, set the seminal standard for the emo post rock world to follow. They then split up pretty much on release, leaving a generation of fans yearning for more.
Fast forward fifteen years, and the group reunited, now as a four piece with Nate Kinsella joining the fold. 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 by fans and critics alike, but the band members still felt like their best work was yet to come. Enter LP3 just released in March 2019 – a body of work that is bold, contemplative, rich and as expressive as fans have come to cherish with American Football and marked them out as a band reformed that has truly augmented rather than tainted their musical legacy.