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| 0.0 | Mitch Worden EMERITUS | December 11th 18 |
House got foreclosed, band lives on a cornfield in Iowa.
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| 4.0 excellent | Winesburgohio STAFF | December 14th 18 |
Ten years in and me and American football still bone like we're cheating on each other WITH each other. A decade-plus and their clit/brown/lilting guitar-area still pOwns my dick.r
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| 0.0 | Slex | February 26th 19 |
First 5 songs are absolutely stunning and the rpeak of AF's career, reading like a rhypnotically lush post-rock of LP1. The rlast 3 tracks unfortunately don't hold up as rmuch, but none are bad. Anyone who hated LP2 ris in for a hell of a treat with this one. rEdit: yeah never mind, last 3 tracks are rincredible too. The acoustic finger picking on rI Can't Feel You, THE BASS on Life Support. rThis is a masterpiece.
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| 0.0 | hobblepot | December 11th 18 |
*snare* deedledeeldedoodledeedledoodledeedledeedeedee
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| 5.0 classic | Faraudo | March 2nd 19 |
Heir Apparent and Doom in Full Gloom represent this band at it's finest, and the album as a whole
is beautiful and fulfilling. My personal AOTY so far.
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| 4.0 excellent | owl beanie EMERITUS | December 14th 18 |
my friends this is gonna be a home run, i mean a field goal, i mean a touchdown. very yes to sports
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| 0.0 | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | December 11th 18 |
more like americ
an'tfootball
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | March 22nd 19 |
This is a great album by American Football. Not diverging much from their previous two albums but I like the use of keys on this as well as some of the guest vocals. Very relaxing and soothing with beautiful melodies, but nothing quite as catchy and memorable as their first LP. Will still re-listen to this for sure, but the first thing I did after finishing it was jamming Never Meant. 4.1
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| 4.5 superb | Halez | March 3rd 19 |
As far as I'm concerned, this is the album to beat for my AOTY list this year. Dare I say it's even more of a masterpiece than their debut? Nah, that can't be, I must not have the proper nostalgic backing.rOh and to whoever said this is "jonas brothers on xanax" LMAO okay, this is definitely JoBros even though it's significantly stronger than every song I've ever heard from them... yeah...
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| 0.0 | Observer EMERITUS | March 2nd 19 |
Hypnotic and ethereal-- that's a good way to describe this. I can't help but think this is just another Owen album but with more twinkle, reverb, and delay pedals thrown in. Because you know, "oh, the muscle memory."
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| 4.5 superb | Christopher Y. | March 25th 19 |
American Football goes dream pop? Yep, you heard me, and it's better than you think. Silhouette is one hell of a lead single, the mesmerizing Uncomfortably Numb also lived up to standards, these two songs just shows that this is an improvement when compared to LP2. Other tracks are also really strong as well, from astonishing highlights that are Doom In Full Bloom and Heir Apparent, to the dreamy I Can't Feel You, which sounds like Rachel Goswell put the leftover words from her band's material to mix with the band's agonized words. Simply put, a beautiful album.
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenophanes EMERITUS | March 22nd 19 |
This could never have lived up to my hype but it is still wonderful in its own right.
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| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | March 22nd 19 |
The post-rock ending of Doom in Full Bloom, Rachel Goswell & Hayley Williams, YASSSSS. Apart from that fanboyism, it sure is pretty (thx to the dream pop addition), but it's much less impactful than LP1, maybe because they traded the math for the post.
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| 4.0 excellent | Leatherneck | March 22nd 19 |
the songs contained in this lp are in a way monumental, unlike their previous efforts. american football has perfected the formula kinsella developed on his solo catalogue and now showcases tracks that go far beyond the *emo* tag. brilliant and somewhat unexpected from a band that had such a long hiatus and a somewhat uninspired comeback album a few years ago.huge props to everyone involved in the production.
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| 0.0 | gobbles | March 3rd 19 |
I know this website loves this band but damn this sounds like jonas brothers on xanax
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| 4.0 excellent | glorybox94 | December 11th 18 |
im honestly really exited as I highly enjoyed LP2. LP1 is a timeless classic
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| 4.0 excellent | PunkerBlast | March 22nd 23 |
Heir Apparent it beautiful, I love the loud bass. Life Support rules, even some of the more dull songs eventually build into something great or don't detract much. It was cool to see Haley show up on here. I hope they both benefited from the collaboration.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | April 28th 22 |
Nevermind the house, they still haven't talked about football yet.
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| 4.0 excellent | Orangentorte | January 3rd 20 |
Es war ein gutes Jahr für die Emo-Szene. Nicht nur veröffentlichten Mineral nach zwanzig Jahren Funkstille endlich wieder neues Material, auch die Genre-Pioniere American Football machten mit ihrer „LP3“ auf sich aufmerksam.
Was beide Bands hier gleichermaßen geschafft haben, ist die Verletzlichkeit und Intensität ihrer früheren Werke aufzugreifen und sie an die heutigen Gegebenheiten anzupassen.
Denn nicht nur die Bandmitglieder sind reifer geworden, sondern auch die damalige Hörerschaft. Und so gehen sie eben alle auf Elternabende, sie bezahlen pünktlich ihre Miete oder schließen Haushaltsversicherungen ab.
Genau diese besagte Reife spiegelt sich im Sound der „LP3“ wider, die uns auf sehr sanfte, sehr ruhige und fast schon hypnotisierende Weise in ihren Bann zieht.
Das ist natürlich auch der glasklaren Produktion geschuldet, bei der alle Soundkomponenten perfekt aufeinander abgestimmt wirken, während die erste LP von 1999 gefühlt noch eher chaotisch daherkam. Hier zeigt sich ein Sinnbild für eine nun abgeklärtere Gefühlswelt, die jedoch mit völlig neuen Problemsituationen kollidiert. Das spiegelt sich wiederum in der wehmütigen Textpassage „I used to struggle in my youth, now I'm used to struggling for two“ wider.
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| 3.5 great | Doublez38 | December 11th 19 |
American Football have managed to pay tribute to themselves with this new album, first by coming back from beyond the dead with a good serious album, but also because they have marked by their influence their current. They managed to make up for the previous effort and finally it is the fans who are the happiest now.
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| 4.0 excellent | JesusCage | September 13th 19 |
Dreamy, expansive and a beaut.
Key Tracks
Uncomfortably Numb; Heir Apparent
80%
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| 4.0 excellent | Rik VII (sound-off ratings out of 10) | August 15th 19 |
Beautiful album, masterfully done. They weave catchy, concise and straight-up enchanting songs out of pretty insane rhythmic stuff (the 15/8 in Silhouettes, polymetres in I Can't Feel You, etc etc etc) - an impressive effort in terms of atmosphere and composition alike. - 8.5
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| 3.0 good | tancrni | March 27th 19 |
huh, I had better hopes on this one. The singles were great but the vocals are too similar to LP2, which I don't really like. The sound landscapes are more intense than on LP2, but it's still a long way to equal LP1. Not that it is not good that the band moves on, but lyrically and vocally it's still miles far back.rMaybe this grows on me later, but so far I just consider it a slight improvement on LP2.
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| 4.0 excellent | T5Cx | March 13th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Crushd | February 3rd 24 |
| 5.0 classic | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | June 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | February 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | December 31st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Above | October 5th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luna | September 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nishe | May 8th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | steviet | February 25th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | woxdy | January 11th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Watch | January 2nd 22 |
| 5.0 classic | efp123 | December 25th 21 |
| 3.5 great | huskr96 | November 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | xlev | October 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sly4evr | October 7th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | teo | July 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | July 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | bnest | May 4th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 19th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | March 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Polvo | January 12th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Vaka | January 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | MTNHDRE | November 27th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Joe92 | October 23rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mike01 | October 3rd 20 |
| 3.5 great | gorp | September 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skiiddz | September 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Gian304 | September 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | September 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | cowbeef | August 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | shira | July 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kanker | July 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeuzo | June 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bounty | June 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | May 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | junyi15 | April 25th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Darling | April 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scryxer | March 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | TVparty | March 2nd 20 |
| 3.0 good | RobotE | February 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | OSEL | January 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerbzz | January 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Asura14 | January 14th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | JS19 | January 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Hyndez | January 7th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | December 25th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Dan H. EMERITUS | December 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mordekai | December 15th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Pangea | December 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | casey | December 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Hood | November 30th 19 |
| 3.5 great | SMK | November 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | vasso666 | November 25th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Turns13 | November 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mser94 | October 4th 19 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | October 1st 19 |
| 3.0 good | FakeOne | September 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slowdiiv | September 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom | September 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Moge | September 11th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | GCSSB | August 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Juanpa | August 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias STAFF | August 15th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | john | August 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | LMadden | July 29th 19 |
| 2.5 average | fog CONTRIBUTOR | July 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Arctick | July 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Preston | July 16th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Jekub | July 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Snuron | July 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | remi | July 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | June 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | ian b | June 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | June 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | rooby | June 13th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dama | June 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | PieRye | June 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Moraff | May 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rail | May 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | nbats | May 12th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Leland | May 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bras42 | May 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Daesu | May 4th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Torii | May 2nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | ughemo | April 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | vakuola | April 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | YayoG1 | April 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | April 16th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Raqinq | April 14th 19 |
| 4.3 superb | jesper STAFF | April 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | k1ngy6 | April 8th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | chris. | April 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | jaydtd | April 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djang0 | April 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh F. | April 3rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | redrig | April 3rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | April 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | JS98 | April 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | March 30th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Acole9 | March 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | A.R.O. STAFF | March 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jordan M. EMERITUS | March 28th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | stasar | March 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | tellah | March 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | daxsic | March 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | March 26th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Ryus | March 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ACVPV | March 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | bharry | March 26th 19 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | March 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Respawn | March 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | gilly | March 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Project | March 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | elioto | March 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | March 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | wwf | March 25th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | anat CONTRIBUTOR | March 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari STAFF | March 24th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Kurai | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Evrimen | March 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | March 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Scott | March 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Enzx | March 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | ArtBox | March 22nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | March 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | March 21st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | TanMan | March 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | Rmazer | March 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lucman | March 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | March 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Keira | March 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | March 15th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Emo | March 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | March 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | March 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jadmin | March 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ramm0s | March 8th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jake E. | March 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tobmast | March 7th 19 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | March 6th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | fdrc | March 2nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | February 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tranqyl | February 27th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Trebor. EMERITUS | February 27th 19 |
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