Label: Polyvinyl
Reissued 2019, Originally released 1999
American Football's first album showcases cleanly picked guitars, intricate drumming, and the vocals of Mike Kinsella (Owen, Cap'n Jazz). The band, made up of Kinsella, Steve Holmes and Steve Lamos rooted itself in Champaign and recorded this album at Private Studios with Brendan Gamble (Braid). As a band, American Football dissolved into the history books almost as soon as this album was released, but its success continued to grow in their absence and the band eventually reunited in 2014 for the record's 15th anniversary.
Track listing:
- Never Meant
- The Summer Ends
- Honestly?
- For Sure
- You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon
- But The Regrets Are Killing Me
- I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional
- Stay Home
- The One With The Wurlitzer