American Football - American Football Artist_Africa 70 but they killed my desire

but they killed my desire to share”

Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “I Say A Little Prayer” (Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin)

the band lay the foundations for future African-American crossover acts such as Fishbone

including Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake

Waves of sparkling notes from a zither that are recurrent throughout the LP really bubble up to the forefront on 'Thousand & Seventeen'

American Football - American Football Artist_Africa 70 but they killed my desireFrom Urbana, IL, American Football offered up a debut EP featuring the talents of guitarist vocalist Mike Kinsella (Owen, Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc), guitarist Steve Holmes and the impeccably timed, jazz like drumming of Steve Lamos. 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 self titled full length, are the only American Football songs ever