American Football - American Football: Review
American Football is the legendary Illinois based emo band who's 1999 album American Football became a legendary pillar of midwest emo and math rock and is considered by some to be one of the best albums of the 90s. The band reunited 15 years later and after playing a series of shows, released their 2nd studio album in 2016 to very mixed reviews. Now three years later than band tries to rekindle their magic and recover their reputation with a 3rd album. Review By Lavender: American Football (1999) is by nearly every metric and brilliant and successful album. It was the pioneering moment for midwestern emo and has a legendary reputation among music fans. The project still resonates with me to these days and contains some songs that I believe are absolute masterpieces. While many were hostile towards their second effort in 2016 I tried to look for what the project did well as much as what it did wrong. While their songwriting took a hit there were a lot of moments of pristi...