Agreed. After her time away, hope for many more LoT releases to come.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/700793122/first-listen-american-football-american-football-lp3
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 March 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
i kinda think the first album is overrated so this is absolutely my favorite american football record
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:48 (five years ago) link
Yes it's very good. It kinda sounds like the alt universe version of the Copeland album I'm actually down with.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
the lyrics are earnest to the point of goofy sometimes but... i like that
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
cf.
selfishness is inheritedso what could i doi didn't catch it kissing jenny in the closeti didn't learn it at school
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
yeah the lyrics are good, straightforward and confessional but not outright oversharing/gross/uncomfortable
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
this is just the right amount of old school emo magic for me. also lovely production.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 22 March 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
I'm into it.
― jaymc, Friday, 22 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
heir apparent, holy crap. losing it at the flute and piano.
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Friday, 22 March 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
i'll make new friendsin the ambulance
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
and a fucking children's chorus, there's not a single wink to the camera in this whole album and it's great
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Friday, 22 March 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
otm
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
i think my favorites are "heir apparent" and "mine to miss" but every song here is so rich
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
i still can't figure out where they found the time to become an actual band. this album is incredibly well-realized, detailed, and thoughtful.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 22 March 2019 19:09 (five years ago) link
Just finishing up my first listen and this feels like a proper American Football Album, rather than Owen as Played by American Football (which I was fine with).
Really beautiful stuff.
― michaellambert, Friday, 22 March 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
really like the slightly expanded instrumentation on this album, quite possibly better than the debut
― ufo, Friday, 22 March 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
I really liked this but vaguely suspicious of how easy it slipped down. Would have been happy for some glass in the bolus or a crescendo.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 23 March 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
Has this completely drifted by? Stumbled on it today and it's really working; what I had considered to be (pejoratively) becalmed resignation feels directional and apposite. I think I'm here for the long haul.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
I've listened to this again recently, it's probably my favourite album of 2019.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
Yup, up there with me, too. Side purchase, this cool Luke Martin AF tour poster.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
That is a dope poster!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
The AF album was my favorite of last year. Recently picked up all the Owen albums I was missing, and finding them perfect housebound music. _L'ami du Peuple_ playing now. Pre-ordered the new album, The Avalanche, off Polyvinyl. Now just have to wait for it and new Land of Talk albums to arrive, and that's 20% of my 2020 Top 10 likely solved.
https://youtu.be/NWvia4_n69M
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
lp3 is a masterpiece
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 April 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link