Finally, my first indie upload of a band I love and also I wish didn’t break up. I know Mike Kinsella has continued onto other things but nothing matches how good American Football is. Though Owen is infact awesome, American Football was my first love. Also uploaded right before the Super Bowl. ha I know there is a wiki entry about this band name being a joke much like the band name (Sunny Day Real Estate). Nontheless enjoy some American Football that I’ve never seen uploaded onto youtube. This band was great. Expect more indie uploads in the future too.
***Addendum*** Thanks so much for all the views and the comments! I didn’t expect this video to blow up like it did. Over 10,000 views now! Plus it was my first indie song upload. I wish I did a better job with the video/sound, but thanks again for your interest in American Football! Please check my video response if you want to see a American Football song set to a picture slideshow, I am very proud of!
Notes: These were mostly digi cam shots. I wish the shots of the inner booklet came out better, but alas my digi cam I guess isn’t good enough to pick them up. I tried to type some lyrics out for fun on a blank pic I got ha but as usual when it gets shrunk down, we can only read so much.
If anyone has interest in more American Football songs or just indie stuff in general. Ask me. I’d like to upload more onto here, but the best part is buying the actual album. SO I won’t upload entire albums likely. Get ‘em off interpunk and such 
I did.
Take care. I apologize for the blankness at the end, I didn’t realize there was a minutes of it at the end of the vid. I originally uploaded it late night/early in the morning.
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This is not math …
This is not math rock at all. You are getting your genres mixed up. This is experimental indie rock.
I’ve been listening …
I’ve been listening to this album for about 2 years now. It hasn’t gotten old.
er i thought math …
er i thought math rock was more like hella, or tera melos, or don caballero.
this is what …
this is what musicians call “math rock”
I have this cd as …
I have this cd as well, it was very hard to come by! Had to go to an independent record store an hour away just to purchase this
Yeah I have that …
Yeah I have that Owen cd too. You pretty much described exactly how I feel about it as well I couldn’t describe it better.
I uploaded one of the songs from there, I actually should upload the second part of the song if someone didn’t already. Because both of those songs go together so well.
“Most Days And….Most Nights.”
Yeah the cd cover …
Yeah the cd cover art is awesome. The Liner notes are extremely well done and classy too.
wow i just noticed …
wow i just noticed that cd cover art is beautiful i have never held the cd in my hands i had a copy of it back in 2002. Amazing man thanks for posting this
He has a cd from …
He has a cd from 2001 called owen he made immiediatly after disbanding from american football. It is by FAR the most amazing peiece of acoustic/digital/abstract cd you will ever hear. Each song captures the atmosphere in your room and adds to it, creating a precence of energy that will make you feel the song not only hear it.
this band is …
this band is everythhing to me. Its the feelings that are floating around in the room, It harnesses emotion and abstract feelings, turning them in mathematical musical concepts. I cant explain what this band means to me. Its been there for me since i was in high school. 7 years later and its still there for me.
I bought the album …
I bought the album last year.
Very good investment,
and I love this song as well.
franco the bull is …
franco the bull is awesome
is jazz, it sounds …
is jazz, it sounds different because the beats are 4 bars like typical music. the patterns in jazz could be like 12 bar patterns.
“that’s life, so …
“that’s life, so social”
I’ve been seeing …
I’ve been seeing this bands name on YT for quite sometime now. I finally clicked on one of these videos, and now i’m wondering why the it took me so long to discover them. It’s a shame they broke up. Their songs have have a very real, and distinct texture to them. Great upload!
hey man your right …
hey man your right castevet is good thanks…
I have to respond …
I have to respond again about the drums b/c I ran out of the space, yeah they are awesome, I dunno what it is, they are such appropriate timing, yet…..yea I can’t really explain how infectious they are either.
Someone suggested …
Someone suggested me Empire! Empire! (I was a Lonely Estate) and I really liked them.
Another band I just got a cd of a few days ago, musically sounds similar to them though the vocals are very different, Castevet. I uploaded a song by them actually.
Anyways you can always just keep listening to the various American Football songs on here or Owen (Mike Kinsella, the vocalist and guitarist of this band) started that project after American Football broke up. More laid back, but good.
i love this band …
i love this band esp the drums it sound so diff, kinda like off beat but not… idont know what you call it. do some of you know any bands that sound like these i mean besides mineral or penfold… thanks…
almost sounds a …
almost sounds a little post-rock in the beginning. first time hearing this band, its awesome!
Thank you and true! …
Thank you and true!! I haven’t been on YT in almost a week. I just feel it is best to take time off occasionally lol
Expect many thumbs up
This band is pretty …
This band is pretty much perfect.
I’ll See You When …
I’ll See You When We’re Both Not So Emotional.
everything this band did was good. i’m glad they broke up before they made some sort of mistake. god forbid these gentleman play a wrong note.
mike kinsella has a …
mike kinsella has a similar project called “the one up downstairs EP”
it’s on itunes. it sounds pretty similar to american football.
on Polyvinil …
on Polyvinil Records website you can find all their stuff.