V/A "American Football (Covers)" 2023-03-24 Non-western sounds and funky rhythms

Non-western sounds and funky rhythms had infected talking heads music prior to this 1983 pop breakthrough

and he feels so comfortable letting them be a main prism through which much of the world hears his art

digitized vocal presence on "Emeralds

Includes performances by Matthew Sweet

Cheating at Solitaire

V/A "American Football (Covers)" 2023-03-24 Non-western sounds and funky rhythmsAfter quietly releasing their self titled debut album in 1999 while still in college, American Football disbanded after the album's release to focus on other projects, only to reunite 15 years later to a fanbase that had been consistently growing throughout the underground emo scene. The album later appeared on Rolling Stone's "40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time" list at #6, with Pitchfork giving it's deluxe reissue the "Best New Reissue" title,