American Football Single

Three songs -- none appear on their album -- featuring a keen sense of structure; bright, jangly, layered guitar sound; and impeccably timed drumming. From Urbana, IL, American Football, offered up their debut single as the first release of Polyvinyl’s inaugural CD Single Series. Two debuts at once, it sounded like a project destined to fail. Almost. While the series would be short-lived, American Football deservedly became one of Polyvinyl’s most cherished bands. Featuring the guitar and vocal talents of Mike Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owen) as well as the impeccably timed, jazz-like drumming of Steve Lamos (The Geese), American Football created the kind of songs that held new discoveries upon each listen. (These three songs, along with the nine that appear on the band's full-length, are the only American Football songs ever released.)