American Football, one of early emo's best noodly-jazz bands, will be releasing their only record, a self-titled masterpiece from 1999, in a deluxe reissue this spring. If you weren't privy to the best Kinsella brother's record during those early years, it still holds up, as it has some of those early hints of emo but with Mike Kinsella and Steve Holmes' brilliant prog-ish guitars. It will come with unreleased demos, live recordings, and other unreleased material, and can be picked up on vinyl, cassette, CD, or digitally, so all your bases are covered.
Here is an unreleased demo called “Untitled #1 (The One With The Trumpet)” [Boombox Practice Session, 1998]. The whole thing comes out on Polyvinyl on May 20.
01 Never Meant
02 The Summer Ends
03 Honestly?
04 For Sure
05 You Know I Should Be Leaving Soon
06 But The Regrets Are Killing Me
07 I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional
08 Stay Home
09 The One With The Wurlitzer
Disc Two:
10 Intro [Live at the Blind Pig, Champaign, IL, 1997]
11 Five Silent Miles [Live at the Blind Pig, Champaign, IL, 1997]
12 Untitled #1 (The One With the Trumpet) [Boombox Practice Session, 1998]
13 Untitled #2 [Boombox Practice Session, 1998]
14 Stay Home [Boombox Practice Session, 1998]
15 Untitled #3 [Boombox Practice Session, 1999]
16 Never Meant [4-Track Album Prep, 1999]
17 But The Regrets Are Killing Me [4-Track Album Prep, 1999]
18 I'll See You When We're Both Not So Emotional [4-Track Album Prep, 1999]
19 The 7's [Live at the Blind Pig, Champaign, IL, 1997]
