Honestly, I'm writing this based on mere sentiment. I played this album on my best friends funeral. He died this month at the age of 22 and every note echoed in the hall with his coffin and gently embraced each and every persons heart in that room. This was the last thing I listened to with him. It hurts to hear these songs knowing we will never recite all the lyrics and sing in unison ever again. I want to thank American Football for making such relatable music that can and will always heal. As for every one out there reading this, cherish your loved ones, friends and family and go tell the closest person to you that you love them. EDIT 2021.04: Hey, it's been a few years. I'm doing well for myself and everybody seems to be able to live their lives normally again. I recall people being thankful for playing this album during the funeral since it helped to ease the atmosphere. To be clear the album was playing during the ceremony when the coffin was still being exhibited for visitors to give their final goodbyes. There was an old audio system which played CD's and had a mellow tune going. The disc with the album was a birthday gift and it was put near his picture in the hall as one of his last mementos. I just could not handle the depressing tune and switched out that CD for Amercan Footbal LP2. Keep going guys.

@PolyvinylRecords

7 жыл бұрын

Really sorry for your loss. Hope you're well!

@sparkkoo0

4 жыл бұрын

Damn man, damn.

@liviu4804

4 жыл бұрын

Love you, dude!

@kurdtjohn

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, dude. That is an old comment but I am so sorry for your loss.

@GhettoWxzrd

3 жыл бұрын

​@@nickanthropocene6502 why even question?

While the first album represented the angst of being young and the struggles you face when you are, I feel like this album portrays an older, more mature sadness. and I think that's cool

@RasheedKhan-bm8fm

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this comment. I legit probably would not have thought of that way if you hadn't pointed it out m8. :')

@WhoCanKnowIt

6 жыл бұрын

A review I read accurately describes this album as returning to your college town 15-20 years later to find your favorite bar is now a KFC.

@patrickjames8436

4 жыл бұрын

nostalgia and angst turned to suicidal thoughts :0

@trumanway3763

3 жыл бұрын

Its not even sadness, its like a melancholy feeling but your glad to have experienced life in that way.

@Potatointhehood

2 жыл бұрын

agree

Someone broke into my friends car in sf and took my bag which had this album. They better fucking listen to it

@smittenthekitteninmittens2679

7 жыл бұрын

sorry to heard that friend..what scumbags ..i doubt they will..fans of music like this wouldn't be so low as to steal stuff

@David_prod-eNGee

3 жыл бұрын

@@smittenthekitteninmittens2679 But this just be what they needed to have a change of heart :P

@nyclurker603

3 жыл бұрын

Probably some homeless guy. Jokes on him, now he sits on the coast under the Golden Gate at sunset every evening watching the surfers while listening to this record wondering where it all went wrong....at least that what I did when I used to stay there.

@smittenthekitteninmittens2679

3 жыл бұрын

Funny true story...my house burnt down this new year day

@David_prod-eNGee

3 жыл бұрын

@@smittenthekitteninmittens2679 whaaaaaat??? No way 😢

For the people on mobiles 1. Where Are We Now (0:01) 2. My Instincts Are the Enemy (4:43) 3. Home Is Where the Haunt Is (9:32) 4. Born to Lose (12:58) 5. I’ve Been So Lost For So Long (17:52) 6. Give Me the Gun (22:28) 7. I Need a Drink (or Two, or Three) (25:53) 8. Desire Gets in the Way (30:51) 9. Everyone Is Dressed Up (34:20)

@JohnDoe-zw5og

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you J Ed!

"Everybody knows that the best way to describe the ocean to a blind man is to push him in" is the most accurate metaphor to what it feels when in mid 20's and learning how to be an adult when the best way to do that is just pushing yourself in life the way that it is.

it took them 17 years to get into a house?

@bobmaget5956

7 жыл бұрын

Some lamp-lit upper floor windows are more important than others.

@smittenthekitteninmittens2679

7 жыл бұрын

+Bob Magat nice modest mouse thumbnail :) ..thats my favorite all time album and could recognise that album art even though its tiny!!

@andYourblooblood

6 жыл бұрын

Fucking loled.

@chrisstevens8087

5 жыл бұрын

and now they want out.

@MikeStoneJapan

5 жыл бұрын

took a second for this to click. *applause*

In 20 years when the band finally walks up the stairs and into the attic to make thier third album all the children who are being concieved right now will complain how it isn't as good as this 2nd album.

@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf

5 жыл бұрын

IT'S HAPPENING

@virtuallyunknownn

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, Lp3 is definitely good

@Jamesp1972

4 жыл бұрын

@@virtuallyunknownn Yeah it's their best in fact

@sparkkoo0

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jamesp1972 and it aint in the attic

@keithpeterson6020

4 жыл бұрын

@@virtuallyunknownn Went right over your head, bud.

27:05 "I'm as blue as the sky... is gray". One of those lines that just hit you, pure beauty

Is it bad that I enjoy this album way more than the first one? I haven't stopped listening to this album all week, it's fantastic!

@shanemiller3188

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it is much cleaner and more mature. As good as the first album was, this is an advancement in their career as well as LP3.

@sch_ilis9928

2 жыл бұрын

It's good, but to me, there are two different sounds. The original, and reactivated. While I enjoy both, LP1 is my personal pick. You probably didn't ask. Just putting this out there because it's fine if you like this more.

@andrewamirzadeh7678

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I think LP2 and LP3 are way better

@headbanger2867

Жыл бұрын

I actually agree immensely.

This album is fantastic. Such a cool progression from the 1999 album to this. People are saying its not the same. Why would it be? The original LP they recorded when they were 20 year old kids. Its been almost two decades. Enjoy this gift we've been given.

@erika6651

3 ай бұрын

The drastic difference in their overall sound and Mike's voice is difficult to take initially. I came back to it years later and was able to appreciate it then.

the kind of album you start to think yes yes okay hmm good good don't mess up halfway through then halfway through you turn it up to maximum volume and then don't mess up at the end and then it ends so perfectly and then you start it again and know you are safe to start it again

I listened to this album for the first time today, after coming across American Football on a random playlist. It's the first time I have cried since my dad died three years ago. It is the first time I have thought about relationships properly in a long time. When you are in your 20s it's so easy to get caught up in a traps of hedonism, materialism and escapism; I chose the easy relationships that didn't go anywhere, I chose buying shit to fill the void left by my well paid but soulless finance job, I chose moving to Hong Kong for the high salary and low taxes. I spend my days watching the markets and dreaming of early retirement in a decade or so. I bought a flat in my hometown with the money my dead father left me but instead of living in it I just rent it out and didn't even choose the furniture myself. I haven't messaged my mum or siblings in weeks because I just don't know what to say anymore. I need to totally change my life and career.

@GreenSpleenSubmarine

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you're doing well, Chief

@NicDoesDumbThings

Жыл бұрын

god damn i fucking feel you

I'm 18, and I feel like I'm not old enough to understand this feel quite yet

@peytonthomas9378

3 жыл бұрын

That's a very mature perspective. A refreshing and honest view on life experiences

@AstolfoCh

3 жыл бұрын

@@peytonthomas9378 Both wholesome comments. I really needed to see something like this, once in a while.

@Vandalgia

3 жыл бұрын

It's fine to admit that you don't know, props to you.

@TweakCityGeekers

3 жыл бұрын

It's kinda being stuck between feeling like you could, but you also know you probably don't.

@benjaminpoe1006

3 жыл бұрын

just listen to the first one a bit longer~

I got into American football during a time of deep depression, and they helped me get through a lot of stuff. I am thankful to them for that. I wish I could tell it to their faces. Ditto to Owen too.

@xbraidx

7 жыл бұрын

Same here.

Not really sure why this album gets a lot of hate. It is an incredible album.

@sheam861

Жыл бұрын

A good amount of people were just upset at the fact that it wasn't a replica of the original AF album and strayed off of that path. It happens a lot with stuff, the continuation of something isn't exactly how they imagined it so they decide to shit on it.

@maurobilotti

Жыл бұрын

How can this be hatted! This is a gorgeous piece of music...

@sheam861

Жыл бұрын

@@maurobilotti 🙏

I remember only finding out about american football only a few years ago, disappointed that they where no more...well God damn am I lucky to be listening to this!

@hunterphelps7436

7 жыл бұрын

Gallzatron same!

Thank you, Polyvinyl, for sharing this in full. Thank you to all who put this album together.

It's amazing that the band still gets me 17 years later

Gets better with each listen. Some of their best guitar playing, a bit more subtle and delicate but wonderful as anything on their debut.

This album came out in a time of my life where failure seemed to be the only thing me and my family were capable of. Things haven't changed that much, the always luring sense of resignation and hopelessness materializes when i play this. I wanna stop carrying all those feelings, i want to put them in these songs so they have a place to stay and i can move on and be better to myself.

@uubuuh

9 ай бұрын

put the feelings in the songs. good idea, good words.

Oh my god, I've been listening to American Football for ten years, singing along, cried to the songs on my bed, gotten so depressed I couldn't sleep with their first LP and Minus The Bear's They Make Beer Commercials Like This playing in the background, and I had no clue these guys had put out a second album. And it's beautiful. It's different from the original album, but then again, 17 years have passed. We've all grown up. I can still hear the continuity between the two, but whereas the first album was lying in the grass looking at the clouds with the girl who would leave you six months later, this one is waking up with your wife/boyfriend in your house and wondering where the time has gone, thinking on all that's happened. Musing on people you've lost, etc. I'm just so happy they're back.

@linguisticsdrums9215

6 жыл бұрын

Your metaphors gave me very powerful feelings. Never happened when reading a YT comment. Now I get the album better.

@djcoinlaundry

10 ай бұрын

I hate when I wake up and both my wife and boyfriend are in the house.

Time to make new memories with a great new album. Amazing and worth the wait.

feels like im slowly falling to the bottom of the ocean in the first song at least. just watching towards the sky as i sink deeper down

I don't know what some of you are talking about - this is a beautiful, AF record. Some of you are so easy to discard hard work you had nothing to do with. Appreciate the music!

A band that has only put out one solid album then vanished for ages. This is a solid attempt. Not exactly what I'm sure everyone was expecting but it's been over 15 years and as songwriters, I am sure they have evolved in their own ways. Glad to hear some new American Football.

This is what it sounds like to be alive

@noahbritton7122

3 жыл бұрын

Uhh no....this is americ anfootball

@Potatointhehood

2 жыл бұрын

this is what is sounds like to be depressed and have a bad life

I've grown more attached to Mike's solo stuff, so this sounds more like an Owen record with much more electric guitar to me. Which is not a bad thing at all. Loved it.

@stevena8719

7 жыл бұрын

Camilo Singer I'm kind of there with you but I'd say having this drummer makes a difference as well.

@vvavie4858

7 жыл бұрын

It is a owen album. The only difference is the band name. Mike kinsella was the genius behind it all from the start.

the whole album i was waiting for the trumpets. then they came. its perfect.

"Where we are now" makes me cry.. It's beautiful but gives me so many emotions...

This album slays and it's everything I was hoping for. 😍

LP1 AF is about growing up as a teen. I'd like to think that LP2 is more about being a grown up, hoping that things gets better than it was when you're teenager, but they don't. It just change.

I thought it was just okay the first time I listened to it, now it has grown on me so much I love it.

This is seriously one of the best days in a LONG time, blessed to have more AF in our lives.

God really popped off when he created Mike Kinsella

Slept on this when it came out. Now I need it on repeat

@gedemartha9534

2 жыл бұрын

Come aboard the LP2 train

the opening just brought tears to my eyes, especially the as the little bend in the main riff got stronger in the opener got stronger, "i don't remember a lock on the door"... (the little vibrato in the chorus G#~G~G#~G Eb...G#~G) (na naa-na... na naa-na) so entrancing and heartwrenching. i can feel the evolved emotion that was born out of the deep pain from our younger years. this album has my heart

@Potatointhehood

2 жыл бұрын

Why i woke up today?I feel so sick doctor it hurts when i exist

People expecting immature writing and teenage angst are probably immature as hell. I love this album.

Pure gold! Very excited to have this record after all the years waiting and hoping for AF to put out new material. 10/10!

They have such a warm sound, full of great heart. I like both albums. It is not to late for this album , for this band, for this sound. This feeling they represent is timeless! Keep on doing great sound guys!

It's that production that really makes this work so, so well.

Underrated. I like lp1 and 3 more but people overlook this album so hard.

so many bangers on this album. well, all of them are bangers

Today this one made sense and kick me heavely. When I first heard, I was in love for their debut, and this one at the time don't matched me. Today it REALLY reverbs in me bigger and better than the first album.

I don't about you guys but I'm totally digging this comeback. Sure it's not as good as their debut, but on it's own it's really good

@vvavie4858

7 жыл бұрын

Your wrong

@vvavie4858

7 жыл бұрын

If you had grew with owen even after American football was no more, you'd know its more true to all the artist in these tracks now more than there were ever. Especially mike kinsella

wonderful reunion album

Just when I thought I couldn't love this album any more, those horns come in.

Theneedledrop was wrong guys. This is the best return to your music. I grew on that album listening to Owen when the band died, and am listening to you now and what growth as people you have gone thru but I still hear that feel of the first album. Love it!

One of the best album of 2016. An instant classic.

I've been waiting a long time for this

1)Where Are We Now-10/10 2)My Instincts Are My Enemy-9/10 3)Home Is Where The Haunt Is-8/10 4)Born To Lose-10/10 5)I've Been So Lost For So Long-7/10 6)Give Me the Gun-6/10 7)I Need a Drink(or Two, or Three)-8/10 8)Desire Gets in the Way-10/10 9)Everyone Is Dressed Up-9/10 Overall-8.5/10

@NeyoBearGaming

7 жыл бұрын

Nice! I wanna try! I think my final score will be similar, but we have differences in song preference: 1) Where Are We Now - 8/10 2) My Instincts Are My Enemy - 9/10 3) Home Is Where The Haunt Is - 7/10 4) Born To Lose - 10/10 5) I've Been So Lost For So Long - 8/10 6) Give Me the Gun - 7/10 7) I Need a Drink (or Two, or Three) - 10/10 8) Desire Gets in the Way - 9/10 9) Everyone Is Dressed Up - 9/10 Overall: 8.5/10

@cesarcarlosventura

7 жыл бұрын

Give me the gun is a solid 10/10 man, one of my fav song on the album.

@bobmaget5956

7 жыл бұрын

Better than the 4 you gave it earlier =D. Maybe it'll grow on you some more.

@lac0rde

7 жыл бұрын

+César Ventura - Kilroy FN there's no such thing as a solid 10/10

@bobmaget5956

7 жыл бұрын

what about a perfect 5/7?

this album has some of the most relatable lyrics ever..I rarely care about lyrics in music but AF really does it for me I’ve been so lost for so long Every street’s a dead end Every sign points behind me If you need me, don’t You can’t trust a man who can’t find his way home My impaired intuition is telling me just to give in, I feel so sick Doctor, it hurts when I exist This isn’t the pain I’m usually in I hope it’s not contagious If you find me Could you please remind me Why I should wake up tomorrow? All so relatable,i could just put I’ve Been So Lost For So Long on loop just to hear those words,gosh it's like someone singing my story

Good guys American Football putting up an official full stream

A random aesthetic thought came to my mind. It would be interesting to be able to watch it rain on my house and listen to this music, like if you had cameras cinematically positioned to show your house as it snows or rains, I'd really enjoy that while listening to stuff like this. I was just thinking about how I love it when it rains, but I don't always get to enjoy the rain because I'm inside.

What a great album , i've loved their first album since it came out , i was like 12 years old , me and my friends loved it here in Norway

I've just listened to it for the 50th time. Decided it was really good. Especially that first song, bam.

It's a grower and we all know those are always the best in the end ;)

Can't wait another 15 years for American Football's next album, American Football.

Today is my 22nd birthday, I consider this one of my presents lol. I've been looking forward to this for awhile

@Nicodeldesierto

7 жыл бұрын

1994 rules!

Every song this band has made is just beautiful.

Best song to start an LP with

i'm so happy right now

I don’t know if you guys read these but I don’t know if I would have made it without this album. I’ve been relistening since March 2017

Never a bad tune from these dudes.

ugh this is so dreamy and atmospheric

I miss my teenage angst.

@Mysterios0

7 жыл бұрын

Varun Raj Nair Who needs teen angst when adult angst comes from wiser brokenness?

@Potatointhehood

2 жыл бұрын

teen angst turned into suicidal thoughts

American football.. thanks for everything you guys have done it once again.. amazing that you can bring the same feeling in me with new music

@portiswolfgang1467

7 жыл бұрын

I think it was 4th st! U and matt pond pa you guys killed it again thanks im a little drunk

all the feels. love you AF, thank you for everything.

Love this album. Special mention to "Where Are We Now".

Beautiful music. Love the drums. Desire Gets in the Way is great!

can we talk about how perfect and sad "I Need a Drink (or Two, or Three)" is. what would anyone do if they reached that point at their lives.

all time fav. album ♥

You're so delicate; admittedly, sometimes I forget. You're made of wet paper.

@weezerfanatic5320

7 жыл бұрын

Joh Ell I read this right as it was being sung in the song. cool.

@ItchyKneeSon

6 жыл бұрын

Me, three.

S A D B O Y S 2 0 1 6

@theecarking

7 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ScavengerFox

7 жыл бұрын

*2 0 1 7

@NFStopsnuf

6 жыл бұрын

*2 0 1 8

@myrkur_rukrym

6 жыл бұрын

*2 0 1 9

@psychedelicuniversity2797

6 жыл бұрын

*3 0 7 4

I've realized that the light comes from the outside, on the cover... I'm close to cry... I don't know records as deep as their albums... They issue their sensibility, without pretend... This album is the continuation of their first masterpiece. They're complementary.

Best Song = "My instincts are the enemy" GREAT!!

Thanks guys, Chicago will always love you.

Parang lahat ng kanta, alaala na nasisinagan ka ng araw sa bintana niyo nung 6 years old ka palang, mag-isa, habang ang nanay mo nagtratrabaho at iniwan kayo ng tatay mo dahil hindi niya masikmura ang nanay mo at ang kahirapan niyo. Pramis, hindi ko kuwento 'to.

@Noumu

6 жыл бұрын

More like Matured na sadness yung vibe niya haha while yung LP1 Teenage angst

1)Where Are We Now-7/10 2)My Instincts Are My Enemy-7/10 3)Home Is Where The Haunt Is-7/10 4)Born To Lose-7/10 5)I've Been So Lost For So Long-4/10 6)Give Me the Gun-6/10 7)I Need a Drink(or Two, or Three)-6/10 8)Desire Gets in the Way-6/10 9)Everyone Is Dressed Up-6/10 Overall- 5.555*/10

Their working on a third album now as well. This band is hitting back hard.

@PolyvinylRecords

6 жыл бұрын

🤙

Feel like the first album your on the outside looking in and on this one your on the inside lookin out

音楽はやっぱり世界共通 カッコイイ！

I miss you

It's growing on me.

Thank you dearest friends for sharing and in such high quality. Much love to you and God bless. Peace, Bryan

Best Song = "My instincts are the enemy" NICE

@Jamesp1972

4 жыл бұрын

the nicest

This album is gold

I Think this album is even better than the first one ♡

It's such a weird experience listening to this also having grown up with the first album. It's like being pulled back to a familiar place but still feeling lost.

we were sad on 99', 2017 we're still sad... amazing AF album!

All I want is a huge bookshelf and music like this.

I love how driving the bass is on Born to Lose

when they finally bust out the trumpet 🙌

Álbum lindo, me emociona demais depois de tanto tempo escutar American Football novamente. Espero que um dia venham para o Brasil n.n

Gracias muchachos por esta música. Hacen que la vida sea más dulce.

Fantastico, anche dopo 18 anni .

So much love for you guys!

After seeing them live last night in Chicago, I can say that their new songs sound amazing live! Like holy shit, I was not expecting how well they played! Also they had a guy playing xylophone which was really cool. If you guys have a chance at seeing them, I highly recommend it! They truly are amazing!

Que lindo ficou este álbum, matou minha curiosidade e satisfez minha playlist com lançamentos de 2016 rsrs, parabéns demais!!

So much for the invite but I will be there at the same time as the sun dies

It's good. It's REAL good.