American Football

[NDB]

What a marvelous band. Anyone else agree? :D

[Fullcollapse3k]

They were incredible.

[FondestMemory]

amazing band.

[parallelism]

Yup.

[odnetnin]

Wouldn't this be considered an emo band? This is currently my favorite band of all time.

[TheWordsmith]

oh yes. five silent miles might be my favorite song ever

[CorporateFish]

I agree.

[HeartLikeAGun27]

Oh indeed, however (and perhaps i'll be shot for this) i prefer anything by Owen over them.

[IcedOpethBlind]

What a marvelous band. Anyone else agree? :D

YES!

[PlusDanny]

Breathtaking. I love that album and the EP is very nice as well. Owen has quite a few brilliant songs as well.

[parallelism]

Oh indeed, however (and perhaps i'll be shot for this) i prefer anything by Owen over them.

I don't really like Owen all that much.
However, I really like the Owen version of "Never Meant."

[tiny222]

Both American Football & Owen are great.

[TheBaroness]

so fucking good.

[HeartLikeAGun27]

I don't really like Owen all that much.
However, I really like the Owen version of "Never Meant."

def.

[allelish]

I need to hear american football and owen.

[Blueskyburning]

quality band, the s/t is an amazing record.

[anarmyofshapes.]

i've been looking for this cd EVERYWHERE and can't find it for less than $10. Can someone email me the files or burn a copy? if you have to ship it, i'll cover shipping costs. thx! amr4slp@bellsouth.net

[Zeran]

i love them

[catchmealone]

i've been looking for this cd EVERYWHERE and can't find it for less than $10. Can someone email me the files or burn a copy? if you have to ship it, i'll cover shipping costs. thx! amr4slp@bellsouth.net
it's worth way more then $10, you should jump on it at that price

I was lucky enough to find a copy in an army surplus store in Southern Illinois for $4, oh happy day

[Aikichi]

Anyone Have The American Football Cd?

Yep, it's amazing!
Absolutely incredible band^^

[SickOfStars]

Oh indeed, however (and perhaps i'll be shot for this) i prefer anything by Owen over them.

Fret Not: I too prefer Owen

[James Johnson]

Enjoy American Football, never listened to Owen. I suck.

[CorporateFish]

Can't go wrong with American Football..

[com(?)]

Seriously love this band

[Branevember31]

it's worth way more then $10, you should jump on it at that price

I was lucky enough to find a copy in an army surplus store in Southern Illinois for $4, oh happy day


i got it when i was 8 because i liked the name. soooo happy i got it.

[Name_Taken]

amazing band. im having trouble downloading Owen

[chipdip18]

I just got the s/t. I love this CD. Great relaxing tunes.

[wewascontenders]

amazing. just like the rest.

[chipdip18]

My friend gave me a burned copy and it came with a 26 minute song, and i really loved the song.

[LendMeYourBrain]

What song?

[ThemChains]

Kinsella's=gold.

[ForeverDelayed]

I really dig this CD. I haven't heard much by Owen, but what I have heard just hasn't hit me like AF does.

And yeah, what's this 26 minute song? Got a download link or something for the rest of us?

[CrenshawPunch]

But The Regrets.

[3mpire]

So good.

Never heard Owen though. :shrug:

[sjb2k1]

i've never heard a 26 minute version of that. odd. LOVE this band.
trying out some Owen right now.

[chipdip18]

Alright so i think this 26 minute song is just a collection of five songs. I got a burned disc with 13 tracks, and this album is suppose to have 9 songs? Right?

[Pat k]

American Football is awesome, and anyone that likes them would also like Owen.

Never Meant, best song

[chipdip18]

I really, really like this band. A perfect autumn album in my opinion is the s/t.

[Rawrr]

I really, really like this band. A perfect autumn album in my opinion is the s/t.
I played it all last Fall, along wth At Home with Owen
I've started already this year as well.

[x togepi x]

still waiting for my copy of this on vinyl....ugh.

[Scott Irvine]

still waiting for my copy of this on vinyl....ugh.

I can't listen to the album unless it's on my record player.

[x togepi x]

I can't listen to the album unless it's on my record player.

i could see why. unfortunately, i've not experienced that yet. it wouldn't be that big of a deal except i loaned my copy of the cd to a girl who now hates me, so i'm never getting that back. oh well, hopefully it'll come in this week.

[Scott Irvine]

i could see why. unfortunately, i've not experienced that yet. it wouldn't be that big of a deal except i loaned my copy of the cd to a girl who now hates me, so i'm never getting that back. oh well, hopefully it'll come in this week.

Get blazed the first time you "experience" it. I'm glad I did.

[Scott Irvine]

P.S. @ everyone: Start with Owen's "One of These Days" if you want to get in to him.

[thesafeword]

The best kind of football.

[Burning Star IV]

No CFL, no care.

[thesafeword]

I watched a CFL game once in a shitty Canadian hotel room, not impressed.

[Until The Bombs]

No XFL no care.

[thesafeword]

I vaguely remember the XFL.

[x togepi x]

XFL was terrible and boring as shit. but then again, i hate american football the sport anyway.

[Rawrr]

Currently listening to this.
Records fucking skipping and pissing me off.

[DilesMavis]

I'll seeeee yoooou whennnn we're both not so....emotioNaL!

[NOBLESTABBINGS]

Never Meant, best song
Seriously.

[chipdip18]

Currently listening to this.
Records fucking skipping and pissing me off.

Oh man, i would be so bummed if i were you.

[Rawrr]

It was just some dust, no clue how it got on there, whatever.

[nicgiovanni]

honestly, i can't remember all my teennagggeee feeeelinnggggsss.

i remember when i first heard that song. it was raining. i was driving. my friend made a mix cd with all her favorite songs at the time. hahaha.

so cliche. so stereotypical. sooooo goooooooooooooodddddd.

if that wasn't EMOtional, i don't know what is.

[WakeUpBlondie]

Mike Kensella is a genius

[Rawrr]

So I was in Zumiez today and they were playing "Never Meant" which was very weird

[BringDaRuckus]

if you're a fan of them i'd also check out The One Up Downstairs..

[chipdip18]

The One Up Downstairs?

[Rawrr]

It's a band.

[singthblues]

Awesome band, Five Silent Miles is their best song imo

[chipdip18]

It's a band.

It was also a bad way to bump a good thread.

[Rawrr]

Not really, it's a kinsella related band, it's perfectly fine way to bump a good thread about a good band, with another good band.

[chipdip18]

Oh i didn't it know it was Kinsella related, cool stuff.

[Osto]

Its actually one of the only Kinsella projects worth looking into.

[LendMeYourBrain]

Cap N Jazz, Joan Of Arc, Merican Football, Owen, The One Up Downstairs, Owls, Make Believe, and Ghosts and Vodka are all worth checking out

[Osto]

The One Up Downstairs is basically American Football, and Cap n Jazz is awesome. Other then that, I can't listen to them save for one JOA album.

[llwilliamsll]

Any Kinsella band is worth checking out.
1 x American Football - American Football 12" EP - 180 Gram Black (PRE-ORDER) ($8.00)
1 x The One Up Downstairs - The One Up Downstairs 7" - Black (PRE-ORDER) ($5.00)

I'm stoked for January 9th or whenever it is.

[sarageeee]

Love this band so much

[LendMeYourBrain]

The One Up Downstairs is basically American Football, and Cap n Jazz is awesome. Other then that, I can't listen to them save for one JOA album.

I can dig 3 or 4 JOA. and Owen is way good.

[DilesMavis]

SO ACE. One of my favorites.

[Praetor]

Can anybody PM me some Joan of Arc albums, in particular Eventually All At Once and Chicago, 1999? I have their newest, Boo! Human and want to dig deeper. Thanks.

[ThemChains]

Soooooooo much American Football in my life recently.

[chipdip18]

Great, great album/band.

[yayitsjoe]

bump.

i love listening to this band before sleeping.

[bradsonemanband]

this band is perfect for any time. love them!

[davidplaysdrums]

the s/t album is one of the best recordings i've ever heard, the drums sound amazing.

[jbaseball44]

Been listening to the self titled a lot lately

[kearn1tm]

I usually bust this out during the summer.

[kearn1tm]

Brap.

[ruffian]

good album to cry to, that's about it

[kearn1tm]

good album to cry to, that's about it

No Radiohead, no tears.

[IntoTheSun]

I do think I'd like these guys, actually. I should give them a listen sometime.

[CoheedForever]

Great band!!

[FueledByFrodo]

I just realized I saw the EP in a record store in NY and didn't buy it. This was before I knew the band and before I bought vinyl, but I'm still kicking myself for that one.

[kearn1tm]

I just realized I saw the EP in a record store in NY and didn't buy it. This was before I knew the band and before I bought vinyl, but I'm still kicking myself for that one.

Life's rough, dude.

[kearn1tm]

Every post in the other thread means a post in this one.

[Genuma]

I just realized I saw the EP in a record store in NY and didn't buy it. This was before I knew the band and before I bought vinyl, but I'm still kicking myself for that one.
it's like five bucks from polyvinyl.

[FueledByFrodo]

it's like five bucks from polyvinyl.

Really? Shit.

Edit: Did it ever have different art?

[Genuma]

Really? Shit.

Edit: Did it ever have different art?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06Oe-IWINdA/SPVzPeLQTjI/AAAAAAAAADo/WF3l8fsX8v0/s320/americanfootbalEP+tapa.JPG

pretty sure this was just the art for the CD though.

[FueledByFrodo]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06Oe-IWINdA/SPVzPeLQTjI/AAAAAAAAADo/WF3l8fsX8v0/s320/americanfootbalEP+tapa.JPG

pretty sure this was just the art for the CD though.

See, there was a different one too. It was like against a fence maybe? It used to be on their wiki page and that's the cover I saw in the store.

[Genuma]

See, there was a different one too. It was like against a fence maybe? It used to be on their wiki page and that's the cover I saw in the store.
i've never seen that before.

[FueledByFrodo]

i've never seen that before.

I don't remember exactly what it looked like. It was similar to the full length cover though.

[kearn1tm]

I've never listened to the EP.

[FueledByFrodo]

Fuck, maybe I'm making it up. I really can't find it.

[kearn1tm]

Bought the EP.

[kearn1tm]

I'm keeping the real thread alive.

[kearn1tm]

Straight up dawg time.

[bradsonemanband]

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/12/324112.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZIopLf88L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

those are the 2 different covers for the EP

[kearn1tm]

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/12/324112.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZIopLf88L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

those are the 2 different covers for the EP

The one I picked up yesterday has the later.

[Genuma]

the EP is great, but it doesn't compare to the album.

[kearn1tm]

the EP is great, but it doesn't compare to the album.

In fairness, it's not hard to trump a three track EP with a nine-song full length.

[Genuma]

In fairness, it's not hard to trump a three track EP with a nine-song full length.
true, but i like every song on the album better than any song on the EP.

[DanPiazza]

My version of the EP has the former cover. I like the latter though.

[FueledByFrodo]

I really want to know if I imagined this mysterious third cover.

[DanPiazza]

Debate: Howitzer or Tambourine?

[kearn1tm]

Debate: Howitzer or Tambourine?

Tambourine, duh!

[Brokenhill]

Why did I wait so long to check these guys out?

I've been wanting to for about a year now I think, and I finally decided to DL their full-length. Only on my 2nd listen but this is going to be a definite purchase. Glad it's still available in both vinyl and CD from Polyvinyl Records.

[Coloso]

is the ep worth hearing?

[Brokenhill]

is the ep worth hearing?

I just sampled it from their label's site. Sounds good.

[Willpee1]

I wish they would have reunited for some shows, instead of the other kinsella related bands.

[HoldThatSound]

Letters and Packages.

[chipdip18]

Today is cold and gray in Washington and the self-titled has never sounded so good.

[Brokenhill]

In 3 months time, the self-titled has become one of my favorite albums of all time. I'll have to see how it is with me over the next year, but I think it'll last.

[chipdip18]

It's definitely a good one. The Kinsella family does a good job with music.

[lowdown]

Does anyone know what this is about? Maybe a re-issue release? The date doesn't land on a Tuesday, which is when new releases usually come out.
http://s13.postimage.org/kdb3p1zvb/AF2012.jpg

[chipdip18]

I doubt that it's a new release. It looks like the cover to a live show recording.

[Brokenhill]

:-0

[f00te]

Does anyone know what this is about? Maybe a re-issue release? The date doesn't land on a Tuesday, which is when new releases usually come out.
http://s13.postimage.org/kdb3p1zvb/AF2012.jpg

Where did u find this?

[DirtyThirty]

One of my favorite bands of all time. Hell yes.

[bradsonemanband]

could it be a reunion show?!

[Breathoffire]

I remember seeing Mike play the troubadour in Hollywood when I was younger...I brought the jacket for the S/T cd and he signed, "Im not in this band anymore" hahahha

[dearmsterri]

Oh wow, please be a tour or something.

It also might be for the One Up Downstairs

[lowdown]

I received it in an email, but figured it was a press release for a future re-release. But no details were given other than that. Most likely a live LP? I know there are two bootleg shows floating around the interwebs. Maybe there's a better recording out there?

I don't see a reunion really happening, since AF was a college band, and I don't think Mike keeps in contact with the others. Plus, I think there's a new OWLS album being recorded, and I think one more Owen EP is in the works, too.

It's not the One Up Downstairs, since the guitarist wasn't in that band, and Mike didn't play an instrument.

But it's 2012. Who knows?

[Brokenhill]

Polyvinyl sale: Buy 1 CD get 1 free...perfect time to pick up the S/T and the EP if you don't own them!

http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?saleID=2

[troubledbyinsects]

love this band with all my heart. just put on the self titled 20 minutes ago, actually, then saw this thread.

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