American Football - American Football (LP1) [FULL ALBUM STREAM]

[@htomao]

you will never be a 15 year old living in suburban Midwest during 1999 riding your bike in the fresh breeze at the sundown of the last day of summer while thinking about your high school crush Feels bad man

[@abramjessiah]

That was me

[@PlasticFarmMusic]

😥

[@kulture6700]

me in 2012

[@art.hropod]

of course i won't, you can't drive a bike!

[@garbage23]

I was that tho lol

[@adamweston4152]

53 yrs old, a wasted life, 23 yrs as a heroin addict, lost my partner to anorexia 12 yrs ago which completely broke me ,clean now for 4yrs and completely lost in life and this music is so comforting.. almost like an explanation for my state of mind over those years, I only discovered American football recently and i have downloaded all of their albums and have found great solice and satisfaction in it, some people call it miserable but it's heaven for me.

[@peeneyes8011]

Congratulations on getting clean

[@adamweston4152]

@@peeneyes8011 thank for saying that, the hardest fight of my life.

[@peeneyes8011]

@@adamweston4152 I'm trying to get off booze. I have a lot of friends who passed from heroin. I'm proud of you and makes me hopeful for my other friends. Thank you for sharing brother. I'm also sorry for your loss.

[@cadge]

It's heaven to us all, keep at it and well done, peace!

[@adamweston4152]

@@cadge thanks 🙏.

[@EnriqueMartinez_jp]

Strangely enough, I heard "The Summer Ends" last year in a Tokyo McDonald's on a rainy September day... I don't know who makes the playlist there, but it was an incredibly bittersweet moment to spend alone with a double cheeseburger

[@huechoob]

Lol

[@wazu1]

American Football has a huge cultural impact on Japanese indie rock scene, a lot of bands there are massively influenced by AF, Toe is a great example anyway i love japan

[@TheFallOfManbearpig]

Thats beyond cool

[@reformedstoic1581]

3 cheeseburgers, medium fries, and orange soda 🤙perfect mcdonalds order

[@ConsciousRobot]

What? that's wild

[@Localss]

This band was good enough to build a whole fanbase off one album... crazy

[@jesuispretentieux]

Same with Kinsella's previous project Cap'n Jazz as well

[@SuperMoodyyy]

15 Year olds are still getting into this... insane album

[@rileyrawr98]

And it transcends through time. Because they're still people discovering American football and falling in love just like the rest of us

[@iwillnevergetone5]

to add: building that fanbase while mostly during a period of not even being active (if we're talking about before they got back together). insane and incredible

[@stlamb]

coulda done it with just never meant

[@CraigSimmonds]

Me in 1999: This new American Football album is great. I can't wait for them to upload the full album stream in 20 years time

[@PolyvinylRecords]

in 20 more years we'll put it on tik-tok

[@dwy1808]

@@PolyvinylRecords oh god no

[@mcbill7352]

@@PolyvinylRecords lmao

[@lensav9985]

@@PolyvinylRecords, Oh god

[@sparkkoo0]

@@PolyvinylRecords this didnt age well

[@TheFallOfManbearpig]

One day I'm gonna fist fight that house.

[@evelynwolff6590]

I've kissed girls in front of that house. It's in Illinois.

[@grahamkristensen9301]

My money's on the house.

[@ana-he9cw]

@@evelynwolff6590 you are king

[@Zgamer7]

🤣🤣😂

[@floppydisk4500]

Internet fam, I gots you, let's go kick a house's ass...stoop?

[@EK63315]

The four houses of emo: Fall: American Football (1999) by American Football - deals in regret and having to accept things coming to an end, perhaps relationships or cherished experiences. Summer has ended, and with its changing colours fall brings the transition from one stage of life to the next. Winter: We'll Get to It Eventually (2014) by sports. - deals in self-doubt, frustration, evaluating the ways in which things could be better since life has changed, and the ways in which they're not. With harsher weather, winter evokes harsher and more anguishing emotions. Spring: Home Like NoPlace Is There (2014) by The Hotelier - deals in the newly developed mental anguish, anxiety, and depression, perhaps it's seasonal as a result of the past winter. There's a lot of analysis on death and grief, but spring also means that things are coming to life again slowly, so maybe there's something to look forward to. Summer: Charmer (2018) by Charmer - deals in nostalgia, remembering how all the different seasons have brought emotions into life, and what you've learned from these times. There's references to spending time with people out in the sun, and hopefully developing new experiences and relationships to take forward into life.

[@venedikterofeev5861]

thanks I'll check it!

[@rajadacosmica3308]

And there's Planning For Burial - Below The House

[@GreatMoleRatCharles]

Thanks for this, good recommendations

[@-foca]

will listen to all of these tyvm

[@blakemcnamara9105]

You forgot The Get Up Kids Something To Write Home About!

[@zazenboy]

The first anfootball is truly americ's best album.

[@droptherapy2085]

I just got the joke

[@abigailmiklos7226]

@@droptherapy2085 dont get it lmao

[@mattaaron9169]

Clever girl

[@pollomagico271]

@@mattaaron9169 We miss you, Clever Girl

[@vicemonroe8540]

@@abigailmiklos7226 the joke is that all the albums are called anfootball and the bands name is americ

[@nicolasgalvez6691]

POV: You did not have fun in 10th grade

[@spitgorge2021]

im in 10th grade and im not having fun.

[@wisteria2793]

@@spitgorge2021 same bruh

[@hathaway.1166]

Listening to this while about to have exams tomorrow hits different

[@mracosic4606]

@@hathaway.1166 how did they went?

[@paddycowhey3406]

I definitely did

[@AyotheJabaWoky]

Pretty crazy that an emo album from the 90s made a random house in Illinois almost mystical to me.

[@KomajuDraws]

this is in illinois? wack. thats epic.

[@Kitsune-kun663]

bitch, please. I'm in Brazil

[@lyndonhanzpernites5860]

@@KomajuDraws 704 W High St, Urbana, IL 61801

[@barnoslat5632]

Lyndon Hanz Pernites THATS ON THE SAME STREAT AS MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND WTFFFFFFFFFF

[@yaboiii64]

Illinois is a wonderful state come visit and you wont be let down, so much beautiful land and wonderful small towns and quirks i love it here. soo much stuff historically has gone down in the land of Lincoln!

[@blakemcnamara9105]

Crazy that this used to be the anthem of "modern kids" and now it's the anthem of broken, middle-aged dads. Time really does keep stretching and stretching.

[@andrewsinclair7159]

Music tends to work that way. It's why boomer dads all like Pink Floyd.

[@domthedonkey69420]

@@andrewsinclair7159 people tend to like the music they grew up with.wow my mind = blown. op is thinking too hard lol

[@andrewsinclair7159]

@@domthedonkey69420 I'm 35 and I like Radiohead so I'm acutely aware of the phenomenon.

[@UndeadAlv]

We think of this as dad music, but still a lot of us hear it still today, I heard this album at 17-18 and I’ll be 20 in two months, so yeah

[@tenken6963]

@@UndeadAlv I heard this when 14 I’m 17 now still down bad

[@epicnoobface]

cool now i can cry legally

[@failinginamerica]

Dakota Hope what about mass genocide

[@three-stripes]

@@failinginamerica Only if you have more weapons and power than your opposition.

[@failinginamerica]

Jonathan M. not according to the UN

[@ana-he9cw]

@Dakota Hope this gives weird vibes

[@spitgorge2021]

@@ana-he9cw everything is legal when you're dead

[@CHAMPisHeRe3234]

There’s a particular beauty in teenage melancholy. Few records capture it more perfectly than this one.

[@peacefully.violet]

Oh man youre wrecking me with this comment

[@slavik5268]

Hi. My name is Slavik. I'm writing this now to express my change of attitude towards the beginning of myself listening to this album up until now. Another main reason is to catalogue my emotions to my future self reading this. It's interesting how I've changed. Originally, I listened to this two years ago. I recognized this album's themes; the theme of nostalgia and childhood struggles. At the time, I appreciated that I still had access to my high school days. I knew those memories would ultimately become memories of the past and I indulged in doing as much as I could to enjoy them. I'm now facing the finale of my high school days. I've had many struggles, especially after I began listening to this album. I had a girlfriend that I couldn't emotionally handle. I was accused of doing horrific things. It's been a struggle to say the least. I'm not who I was emotionally anymore. I've matured and learned through my many experiences but I realize now, that just comes with life. I've enjoyed my time with the many friends I've made. All that's left is the final stage, which are my exams. It'll be nice to look back at this comment and understand how I felt. I'll view myself as childlike. That too is something that comes with time. College has a bittersweet atmosphere to it. I hope I'm not the only one in my friend group who experiences that same emotion towards it. I'm sure some do. Most of everyone I know will no longer exist to me soon enough. It just comes with time after all. It'll be strange to experience the lack of closeness of a classroom when I enter college. Anyways, I'll leave it at that. Thanks for anyone who cared to read everyone. Thank you to myself who choose to revisit this comment. I can only hope everything is going just as planned. Goodbye.

[@bobbybriggs8637]

Wish you all the best mate!

[@slavik5268]

@@bobbybriggs8637 thank you ❤️

[@Miguel-dy3us]

nope

[@JustaBigMan]

How's life going so far for you Slavik

[@Joshualemay1]

Currently going trough the same thing... how it feels 2 years later?

[@facgce960]

This album was a freaking life changer.

[@kunns123]

Yeah, for the worse. Now I can't stop crying.

[@greatwavefan397]

Especially for the emo genre as a whole.

[@enzovergnesousaaraujo7867]

*crying in FACGCE* : LET'S JUUUST FORGEEEET...

[@pixussb7524]

EVERYTHIIING SAAAAIIIIDD

[@terencesterling6839]

*EVERYTHING WE DID*

[@rizkymarliansyah5668]

BEST FRIEND AND BETTER HALVES

[@4Azr]

GOOODBYE

[@jackburton3540]

@@4Azr AND THE AUTUMN NIIIIIIIGHTS

[@D__Sync]

What blows my mind is the production, my friend introduced me to American Football last year and I listened to Never Meant for the first time and I was like “aw man these guys are great” my mind was blown that this album came out in 1999 it’s just so well produced that I thought it was a recent album!

[@redyoshi0]

I found out about this album about a year ago from my brother. He and I were and still are incredibly distant and have never gotten along well, but one fall evening when we were driving to our mom’s house, he played this album, and it was incredible. This was the first time i ever asked him “what band is this?” out of curiosity and wanting to hear it again, and he told me about this album. Something about driving home during the sunset in the summer/fall with this music on will always remind me of that first time i heard this… this album was a life changer, and i’ll never forget that i found out about this from my brother. He’s moving out to college in about two weeks (as of the time of me writing this), and as much as i wanna say that i won’t miss him after the decade and a half of him and me fighting, i will miss him. Hopefully when we’re older, he and I will be able to start over and get along. But i guess regret and sadness is par for the course for the people who listen to this, so let’s all hope for a better future.

[@storz909]

I'm a completely random person who has no relation to you, your brother or your family, but I wanted to ask you something. How's it going over there?

[@tenken6963]

Same with me and my brother but he dropped out of college and now he the only thing I look forward to lol

[@mints4997]

i hope its going bad lmao ur an idiot lmao lmao lolz

[@ALDOSIVIToN]

I'm a completely random person who has no relation to you, your brother or your family, but I wanted to ask you something. How's it going over there?

[@Lpell159]

I have an older and younger brother. They're both pretty straight laced and I was the screw up, especially during my late teens. We didn't get along too well back then. I'm 30 now and even though we might not have a lot in common I still feel a deep love for em. I know they feel the same. When we get together we play game cube games like we did in our sweet youth before teen angst.

[@mfdoom1167]

Emo is back on the menu boys!

[@elinathan8363]

nice pfp

[@mfdoom1167]

@@elinathan8363 thanks. You too

[@aabxs]

Looking good boys

[@mfdoom1167]

@@aabxs and you yourself friend

[@justice7788]

My brain

[@eyenbrows8188]

I can definitely say polyvinyl is my favorite record company now because of how interactive they are with fans.

[@willwalters6928]

matt

[@pinoydak0871]

@@willwalters6928 sharp

[@scronch_]

matt

[@agustinfuldain5017]

@@scronch_ sharp

[@ghoulannabanana]

matt

[@PolyvinylRecords]

In honor of the 20th Anniversary of American Football’s LP1 we're sharing a collection of previously unreleased and newly mastered instrumental demos. Year One Demos - 12” vinyl, one time pressing, limited to 2000 - is available for pre-order now in the Polyvinyl Store (out 12/13).The recordings are a glimpse back at that inauspicious time, and according to Steve Lamos who recently re-discovered the original tape (labeled with the date May 31, 1997), it's the first proper set of demos the band ever made: plyvnyl.co/af-20

[@CharlesLumia]

Oh man that's awesome!

[@kylekurtz8230]

Pre-ordered!

[@eyenbrows8188]

I already pre-ordered this dusty gem

[@shanedalgarno571]

Will there be a digital and not limited release (on Spotify, for example) of these first recordings? I would love to listen to them, but I can't but them right now

[@STEREOMAN91]

Nabbed!

[@micahrabalais2489]

I remember discovering this LP, Deathcab's 'We Have the Facts', Thursday's 'Waiting', and Explosions in the Sky's 'How Strange, Innocence' all in the same summer before 8th grade in 2001 in my small town in Louisiana. It was like I finally found music that fit what I felt inside, and really helped shape the young person I became. God bless the late 90's-2003 emo scene.

[@MikeStoneJapan]

amen... thursday was a whole vibe dcfc was peerless obvs

[@cannibalcarrot666]

Just found out my last friend from my hometown (moved to the big city) is about to fuck off to ohio with the girl he loves. I’m so happy for him but at the same time can’t believe that now the town I love so much now holds nothing for me anymore. It feels as though theres nothing behind me and nothing ahead of me anymore and I’ve never felt more alone in my entire life. But just like an old friend this record is always one listen away from putting myself in a better state of mind. Some albums lose their power over time, but this one will be with me til the day I die always revealing something that in a different time or different situation that I missed. Thank god some things in life never leave you.

[@babthecookieman]

Hit me right in the feels man, you're not alone.

[@johnfglynn]

Write a book. It’s a good story.

[@Kathayne636]

What town is it?

[@mattfrostii1114]

Make one. If you get a hobby you almost certainly be able to pick somewhere with meaning (EX: I love snowboarding so I’m headed to Denver)

[@-7_]

hope ur doing well

[@ProbyWaN1337]

One of the best albums ever made. Genius on every level

[@richardquiroz4808]

"I like American Football." "What's your favorite team?" * Pulls out headphones. "This one."

[@heyrobwilcox]

This album lived through several different iterations in my first two cars, and just like the multiple CD copies purchased, borrowed, and burned, I lovingly rode them out until I couldn't anymore. Road trips with the windows down, late night drives to the diner, sitting in abandoned parking lots, driving to gigs and shows with friends, through rain, snow, and falling leaves. The amount of memories I've experienced intertwined with this album feels almost staggering. #LP1Feels

[@meganmorgan8870]

Aww, That sounds so loving and touching, I could feel in your message you really have a kind and loving heart, I would be more than glad to get to know you more Rob.!

[@RoxusRemo]

@@meganmorgan8870 now kish

[@MJM804]

Cars can be magical, at certain times in our lives.

[@dekanterband1686]

The band was recommended to me by a dear friend with fairly quiet musical tastes. This music inspires me a lot to create my own music, and one of the reasons is that all his songs express a lot of feeling to me even though I don't know how to understand English well, his words cheer me up a lot in those days of life. . . Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thank you Google Translate

[@kwiin2022]

brazili anfootball 😶

[@djdnssnsns7460]

everyone is talking about their first love and first heartbreak. it hurts just as much to have never fallen in love with anyone . i’ve been waiting to find that person, that love that all teenagers experience . it’s never come . i wanna fall in love so badly . every teenager has their teen romance . i’m still waiting for mine and it hurts

[@jtcontardo712]

Don't worry, you're not the only one, i'm in the same position. Love yourself, someday something will happen.

[@matthewallison5959]

nope.

[@3headedsnake388]

Do not let media and other peoples experiences shape your self view. You still have decades ahead of you. This is the time for self focus and gratification.

[@Timbiscuit12]

Take risks in that area of your life while you’re young or you might regret it later in life. I mean, don’t knock anyone up, that’s not what I mean. I mean don’t expect perfection in other people or yourself. I was the same way. Something that’s not perfect and that doesn’t work out in the end will almost always be better than nothing. If you’re afraid of rejection, just know that asking and getting rejected is (usually) more courageous than not asking at all. Just make mistakes young so that you can learn and look back on these experiences. Just two cents from somebody who needed to hear these things back in the day (even though I may not have listened).

[@MethodSlattSAMB]

Did you find it?

[@tomstaukulis]

Stay Home is an anthem.

[@willbaska]

Especially now haha

[@Nicelife7]

Tfw u missed out on teenage love

[@gm9729]

Paul Zissou same

[@Nicelife7]

@@gm9729 :(

[@reubenlloyd9178]

Im gonna go hibernate in mud...

[@marv1n268]

pic unrelated

[@julian.castro18]

doesn't sound like the band members had a good time with teenage love anyway

[@moths842]

The first time I listened to this album I was standing outside my aunts house and just looking at the snow as the sun was setting and every time I listen to this I think about that moment and it makes me happy

[@junfanman666]

Wish we had met when we were more mature, Kelly. Hope life is treating you well.

[@RoxusRemo]

go getter bro

[@RB-.-]

brotha starvin

[@hyperboreanpunk]

I hate women

[@topdeckdog]

I used to be sad, depressed and emo. There's great comfort in being that person. No one knows what it's like but you and perhaps one or two of your closest friends. You don't want to change because deep down you know you're different, special, unique, etc. Of course you don't want to be like everyone else. eg. all the grey/normal people. Then shit got really bad. Two decades went by and I eventually hit rock bottom. I couldn't cope any more. I couldn't handle the constant anxiety, pain, confusion and repetitive feedback about how much i suck from my partners, so I crawled my way to a psychiatrist in an attempt to save my relationship. It was the single best decision I have EVER made in my life and i'm happily no longer with her toxic self. I wasn't living as a depressed human, I was dying. I now truly understand just how inaccurately our minds can interpret things when we're mentally unwell. I didn't learn fundamental coping/emotional skills as a kid thanks to the shitty environment I was raised in, but I've now learned them as an adult and want nothing more to encourage people like the old me to go and speak to someone straight away. Don't leave it until you hit rock bottom. You deserve to live a better life.

[@bobdole8727]

Sir, this is an Arby's.

[@bobdole8727]

But in all seriousness, good for you dude, glad youre happy and doing better

[@leehigh3918]

@@bobdole8727 I'm sorry Bob but, you win the fuck out of this comment section. You are the Metal in a very sad "emo" pity party and I just want to say "thank you"!

[@wolf-antics]

@@bobdole8727 I can’t believe how funny this comment is. Fuck.

[@Seanyexwest]

I’ll never forget those cold autumn afternoons in my old townhome when I listened to this album in my room and stared at the ceiling. That was the first home I had by myself as a single 20 somethings man. I had all the growing pains, loves, heartbreaks, wins and losses of early adulthood those memories are bittersweet. The day I moved out I turned on the light in the bedroom, went downstairs to put the last box in my car and I snapped a picture reminiscent of the album cover. I still drive by that place, sometimes that light is still on. I hope the new tenants can fill it with just as great of memories that I have there.

[@cutecat3662]

1. Never Meant 0:01 2. The Summer Ends 4:28 3. Honestly? 9:14 4. For Sure 15:24 5. You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon 18:40 6. But The Regrets Are Killing Me 22:23 7. I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional 26:18 8. Stay Home 30:01 9. The one With The Wurlitzer 38:11

[@livinroomvibesxx882]

I thought the track listing was the track length at first and was like I don't remember honestly being 9 minutes long I know that intro epic af but... Lol

[@kev1257ful]

Don’t think I forgot about the other LP1 video on KZbin with more than 2 million views and an archived comment section of sad, lonely teens/young adults sharing their feelings. I still cry knowing such an emo historical video was taken down

[@jakeb3849]

any way to view the old comments section?

[@Josuh]

@@jakeb3849 Maybe Wayback Machine

[@trex616]

20 years have passed and here sitting on my couch still feeling the same way...💜💜💜💜

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

The fact that the beautiful album made this sort of a comeback after so many years after gives me a very nice but also strange feeling; like some sort of nostalgia of stuff I didn´t actually lived; I don´t know how to describe it. I wonder if these guys ever dreamed about this set of songs sounding all over the world 20 years later and becoming so iconic when they were recording them back in the day.

[@KorenJoy]

I feel the same way! Nostalgia for something i never lived...

[@evelynwolff6590]

The feeling of nostalgia for things you haven't experienced is called Sonder, legit subemotion, also I'm drunk and I could be wrong.

[@arrowawards9157]

The germans have a word for this; "Fernweh". It's the feeling of longing or homesickness for a place u have never been

[@samwalker3175]

Look up Plastic Love! It's the same kind of feeling, but in Japan in the 80s!

[@cassandrajoiner9933]

The tern you are looking for is Anemoia. Nostalgia for memories you've never had, decades you never lived in. HOME- Resonance was designed with this feeling in mind. I find anemoia in most of my fave music, because I usually discover it late. I'm listening to this album for the first time rn! New to second wave emo in general. It's awesome.

[@nyclurker603]

if I lived in the Midwest i'd be depressed af too

[@Jasperr2016]

LMAO

[@pollomagico271]

LOL

[@ersatzmachine5732]

If I lived in NYC I'd have blown my brains out by now. Not judging your opinion, mind you, but if you'd ever been there you might change your mind. This album is as vast and unsettling as that massive stretch of sky over the flatlands. Watching the sun set on a seemingly infinite horizon while the wind drives the corn into fits of applause is an experience you shouldn't deny yourself. Take highway 80 through Iowa sometime. Especially this time of year. It's lovely. The sense of isolation and smallness is intense out that way.

[@nyclurker603]

@@ersatzmachine5732 I've been on east to west road trips and traveled down both coasts. I've been through the U.S. enough to have an opinion of each region. Not only is the midwest culturally boring, but it lacks any memorable scenery when compared to regions like the Pacific Northwest, New England, or Southwest. Sorry man.

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

Having lived by the sea all my life, I think I'd go mad.

[@wabisabi7891]

if you are listening this without a broken heart, it's cultural appropiation

[@nadiaishimwe3663]

👏🏾

[@trunestor]

what if I'm lonely

[@thezachlambert]

If you listen to this post-ironically you are probably coming to terms with your depression.

[@poggers217]

Haha, funny man comes out of void

[@robpdb]

Maybe you're part of a cultural appropriation that makes people feel like using words like "cultural appropriation" to feel smart.

[@babo-babo]

Didn't hear this album until senior year of high school + freshman year of college...which is exactly when I think I needed to hear it

[@facgce960]

I think that's the best time to get into American Football. Their songs really start to become relevant then...

[@concars1234]

This album really scratches a certain itch that nothing else does, it's mathematically precise like a proof from Euclid but it keeps that emo rawness. it's not a small accomplishment to have one or the other done right.

[@Jamesp1972]

ie v different from a lot of that old Braid-y ramshackle emo, but I've learned to love this more

[@zynel413]

Something about the composition, the production, the album cover, the lyrics... it all creates such a specific vibe and emotion that no other record has scratched for me. No other Midwest emo has been as warm, rich and potent as this album imo. A few things have come close but they do it in their own way and don't bother trying to do what American Football did. What a great album.

[@trumanway3763]

This album captures what it's like to grow up in the Midwest so well.

[@freddiewadsworth9720]

Growing up in rural PA, in high school through the last half of the 90s, it fits here as well

[@lojomc9311]

It feels like high school in the suburbs of Atlanta in the 2010's

[@kunns123]

Thanks for entering my life, I am still immature and I know you will leave soon, but every moment we are together has been the happiest of my life. It was fairly recent when I experienced happiness and true content for the first time in my 21 years of miserable life and I am glad you entered my life in this amazing period. It is going to end someday I know, but till then please remember this. I love you A. Yours truly, K

[@maelgwni]

Wow. I just found these guys, no idea why it took me so long. I have no words.

[@OhCapitainIAmSinking]

Same here.

[@toddmarshall2925]

Same

[@georgetoms9985]

Same. Suburban Illinois boy too. Brothers went to Champaign as well. Never heard of these guys.

[@vittorianocapaldi5844]

Twenty years of melancholy and regrets.

[@concars1234]

there was some good stuff in there though

[@eljaviaraujo]

One of the best albums ever made. Period

[@Incognito11200]

I had always put this album off, maybe because I just wanted that raw emotion that midwest pen pals gave off in their music, but now that I'm a little older I gave this a listen and I realized raw emotion can be just instrumentation too. Now I'm hooked on old school emo and how...steady it is. Steady in its melancholy, like leaves falling in the crisp autumn air. That quality of slow, graceful aging. The Japanese call it wabi.

[@yodacat5935]

I'm not sure if you guys noticed this too, but as the album goes on, the music slowly gets brighter... as well as the album cover :)

[@MegaG15]

I was about to comment this... like if the sun does come up as in: it gets better. Very well done, simple... but very well done.

[@Urothewarrior]

Mm idk the first half of stay home always sounds kinda sad to me, beautiful instrumental tho

[@II_Holocene_II]

Every time I hear this album I get this weird feeling of nostalgia and sadness. It reminds me of highschool and just the good and bad that came with those years. The heartache and the gut busting laughs. God it was so simple then. Thanks for encapsulating that into an album American Football❤️

[@tbhv]

the bass after the line "falling out of love" literally completes everything in that track

[@EntryLevelLuxury]

It’s cool how they can loop something and have it sound fresh throughout. Hypnotic af.

[@aidenshaw4620]

honest to god 10/10 album, one of the best of all time. i love all of you

[@po0p587]

Even though I was born in 2005 and never experienced this when it came out, this album still gives me massive feels.

[@kink97]

Don't waste it.

[@peacefully.violet]

2005 nostalgia for things we never got to live pals

[@briansullivan9110]

Born in 87 and didn't discover them until 2007. Saw them live for reunion in SF in 17.They nailed it. Man is the fanbase alive and well as it should be.

[@rhys_king_music]

It's like second hand nostalgia almost. I feel oddly nostalgic for some 60s-90s music and it's like every decade has a certain feeling to it. Imo good music transcends generations

[@BinxKnight1488]

Music is timeless

[@nolanpestano1798]

i really dislike how mcuh of a bad connotation emo has. this album is art as an emo album, and not what most people perceive when they hear the word "emo"

[@ravengillespie6398]

ikr, everyone associates it with the "i love my chemical romance and black eyeliner" type of emo

[@darealking7667]

​@ravengillespie6398 well tbh they aren't really emo, they are pop punk,it's just aesthetics got mixed up around the early 2000s

[@JosetheDopeLPs]

This is one of the saddest records I've listened to, but it's a good kind of sad that makes you want to cry over past memories, offering a kind of catharsis to someone who perhaps hasn't thought about their past in a long time. You all know what I mean?

[@alessandrorivieri9006]

That’s exactly what im doing while listening to it wow

[@marcelerystick7416]

the word you're looking for is nostalgia

[@ohwell2088]

Just had that moment right now. I’m still very young and I’m starting to understand that feeling this way is something we all deal with. I’m going on a walk to clear my head

[@leosaraiv]

I'm 43 and I'm glad I've found this album when I can emotionally digest it. Have I listened to this back in 99 I could have been a completely different person.

[@peacefully.violet]

Music is all we have man... this album leaves me speechless in a ball of dreams & regrets

[@osidiusemphatic]

That and our sweet style.

[@dylanwesley3964]

I listened to this album, and then cried in front of my children for 3 hours.

[@KP-yy7ph]

LOL

[@PolyvinylRecords]

sad dads unite

[@reubenlloyd9178]

[@drhall343]

Sounds like a great way to pass the time in line at Disney World.

[@etherasux]

soyboy

[@Multitudes-e5n]

I always turn to this album around this time of year. Every time I do, I find something new to like.

[@kingcobrajfs8543]

Hurt me like it’s 1999.

[@kingcobrajfs8543]

@Jay I wish I could be that young still :/

[@spitgorge2021]

@Post-Nazbol Jucheism ok Post-Nazbol Jucheism

[@rafaelmassa6870]

*Beats him to the ground and kicks his ribs till you die in 1999 *

[@PhantasmPhoton]

anytime pre 9/11 would be nice tho. Itd be nice to have life problems instead of world problems

[@unknownmemory645]

yo what kingcobra likes american football? WOW

[@condimentking414]

"Stay Home" quarantine version brought me here. That was a kindly reminder of how much I love this album, as it saved my life.

[@peroramusic]

A truly timeless album

[@jefflavallee8203]

Anyone else notice the squirrel at 27:46??

[@scronch_]

the madman climbed the americ

[@scronch_]

anfootball house

[@bigmistqke]

O shit I didn't realize it was a movie

[@wallboi7]

That moment when you realize it was a video the whole time

[@Josuh]

now that's what we call an americ anfootball moment

[@Juniorcattt_]

I have a strange perception that emotions I feel while listening to this album is the most real thing I've experienced in a while. Amazing album, means a lot for me.

[@yvesdorsi4458]

It's the kind of album that only makes one nostalgic about the romanticism of the past and the passage of time in your life, but it also illicit s memories in your head that conjure up specific people and loved ones that you may have lost touch with. I've never met anyone in this band, but their music makes me feel as if I've known them my entire life. Truly the definition of playing with all your heart and soul. 10/10

[@kayleemorales8804]

i just found this band and now being a junior in high school and during this pandemic, it just hits different and dealing with some teen romances and trying to live as much as i can in this time is just so surreal. hearing this as i do my zoom calls just hits different

[@nnk_ll2]

POV: you're a south American emo kid in yours 20's No one knows the band you like You feel alone

[@heitoroliveira2025]

Bro, i know the feeling

[@greatwavefan397]

South American as in Brazil? Or Florida?

[@WaterResourceMinistry]

@@greatwavefan397 australia

[@greatwavefan397]

@@WaterResourceMinistry *visible confusion*

[@UndeadAlv]

Im from Colombia but weirdly enough theres some people that listen to American Football I dont talk to them bc I dont have friends, but they exist lmao

[@kali3828]

This album feels like those last few weeks before high school summer break ends. You're melancholic because the fun of summer is ending but at the same time excited, contemplating your future experiences in the next school year.

[@no_gods_no_masters]

Have you ever thought that it seems like the song names are correlated with each other in an order like one is an answer for another? I just realized it now.

[@strawberrywigz1658]

wow

[@owenbundles57O]

Oh shit

[@nadiaishimwe3663]

Shit 😳

[@iiamnev]

Listening to stay home while I stay at home during lockdown...

[@Karmy.]

Same

[@jassir9013]

Even though I was born in -99, this album reflects same emotional troubles and thoughts that me, my parents and many other generations of youngsters have gone through. Timeless album and at least for me a classic

[@nt2364]

THE SUMMER ENDS is my fav track.

[@tomservo9254]

At this moment somebody is locked inside that very house and doesn't know when they'll be able to come out

[@Validmagic]

I'm gonna be honest I miss her so damn much I pushed her to far with me leaving and she finally said it was best. we have been broken up for some time now but my heart hurts I love her so much man. i took her for granted and caused problems I just hope this emptiness doesn't last long.

[@jazzblue7497]

Hey man, I'm at similar spot right now, just earlier in the journey. It will keep on hurting, I'm certain of that, but that pain is a reminder that what you had was special. Just don't let the self doubt get the better of you; you are worthy of love. You will find it again, perhaps soon, perhaps later, but you will find it when the time is right. Learn from your mistakes because they are there for you (and me) to grow and mature

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

Can we all as a species just admit that this is a classic?

[@CloudxOut]

Honey, those punks are ruining our garden again.

[@stonednoise]

I just discovered this band, literally 15 minutes ago. I changed my flight to stay more in Milan to see this band with a person I love that I didn’t see in years. I’m close to this person since when we were like 14, this gonna be a great soundtrack to bring back those old lovely momeries. Thank you American football

[@frankrichardsomething]

Um... what if we kissed in the american football album cover house.... hahah just kidding xD unless...

[@bangface32]

Let's just forget

[@garbage23]

🤯

[@mexicansoccer9319]

Nevermeant

[@JuvenileStacks]

Hahahaha thats funny!! 😅😂😂🤣😅😜 Unless... 😳

[@murtleisjordan]

The house is actually like 3 hours away me and a buddy are thinking of paying a visit

[@xnosmokenoknivesx]

i think i discovered this album 4 years ago, right before i started highschool. it was august 2016 and i was 14. i was a pretty weird ass kid and didnt know how to talk to people. i had three close friends though, still do. they made the whole "teenage loneliness" shit a lot better, as corny as it sounds. now i'm in my second ever semester of college. im 18 and honestly? it's pretty boring. quarantine doesnt help, obviously. but i still dont really know how to make friends so every day is kinda just a blur. still, im glad i have this album to come back to every once in a while. brings me back to those early days of 9th grade, trying to find people who jammed to Basement or Turnover but fucking it up every single time. now i try to find people who listen to Vein and Static Dress and still fuck it up! some shit never changes. also its funny how i'll write an essay on youtube but not in my writing class. it iz what it iz

[@weekofweakness854]

Hey man how are you now?

[@Carlosocc95]

"The summer ends" sounds like those Ed, Ed and Eddie's trumpet songs...

[@lowqualityguitarvideos]

That AC unit has inspired the placement/angle/tilt of so many AC units to come.

[@DYLANDUNCAN]

this is so beautiful i’m crying midwestern emo tears

[@ClaraViannaMusic]

The mixing on this is amazing

[@fpsgenerator]

I'm a 34 year old russian atomic icebreaker worker and i appreciate this album on my long cold polar night shifts under aurora borealis

[@Joshualemay1]

I'm 17 and it's the first time I listen to this album, but I can't explain why, I feel like I'll listen to it again years later and be nostalgic

[@davileon01]

Desde meus quinze anos eu escuto esse álbum. Ele me ajudou a todo momento com a "pressão" que eu criei em mim mesmo por não ser feliz o suficiente... Esse álbum sempre esteve lá nos momentos mais difíceis e eu não poderia ser tão grato por isso

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

There is "something ' in this songs , this album which makes me back to . Eternal nostalgy , youth juices , space vibes from small town . Great in small -small in great .

[@Iratechromosome]

The titles of the songs tell a consecutive story in itself 💕

[@thomassheffey9514]

Listening to and getting lost in this beautifullness in 2024.

[@modestmouse2889]

me too

[@alexanderrestucci3604]

Such an amazing album. Helped me though a boatload of tough times. Does anyone here still listen to Owen?

[@theshytenda]

Hell yeah dude that first record is incredible. Still listen to it on my more somber fall days.

[@MikeStoneJapan]

OMG throwback yes

[@_karll_]

happy 25th anniversary to this masterpiece

[@willbaska]

This and Rollercoaster by the Red House Painters are absolute anthems.

[@Lexi9328-y5f]

My online friend introduced the band to me and i immediately fell in love with it, it's been few months and I'm still addicted to American football.

[@GetxFreaky]

this album feels so nostalgic even tho its my first time listening to it. so damn amazing.

[@introvert5232]

Great genre, great album. I recently discovered them, glad to find another songs to get me through university years.

[@Real_Boye]

Yo, this is midwest emo band American Football's American Football (LP1) on youtube.

[@pollomagico271]

that's... correct

[@atotallyrandomperson3889]

Yes. Yes it is

[@kierantopping3808]

The cleanest guitar tones in the whole wild world!

[@arnoldhey6515]

This album explains the feelings that I physically can't explain myself.

[@reneberron84]

I love the portrait, every time i come back to this album i stay seeing the photo.