American Football (2019 album)

American Football (also known as LP3) is the third studio album by American rock band American Football, released on March 22, 2019 through Polyvinyl worldwide, and Big Scary Monsters in European territories.

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American Football (2019 album)

American Football is the third self-titled album by American Football and the second release since their reunion in 2014.

Background

American Football (2019 album)

On December 11, 2018, the first single from the album, "Silhouettes", was released, along with the band teasing a third project on Instagram, and the listing for a third self-titled album appearing on Apple Music. A music video for "Silhouettes" was released on January 8, 2019. Later that month, the band released a new single, "Uncomfortably Numb", which references the similarly titled song by Pink Floyd and features vocals from Paramore vocalist Hayley Williams. It was released with an accompanying music video, starring former Workaholics star Blake Anderson and pro skater Paul Rodriguez. This is their first album to not feature the American Football House on its cover, as their first two albums did.

Composition

American Football (2019 album)

Musically, LP3 has been primarily described as emo, post-rock, math rock, and dream pop, while also including elements of shoegaze.

Reception

American Football (2019 album)

American Football was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews.

Personnel

American Football (2019 album)

• Steve Holmes – guitar • Steve Lamos – drums, trumpet • Mike Kinsella – vocals, guitar • Nate Kinsella – bass, glockenspiel

• Jason "Jake" Cupp – production • Rachel Goswell – vocals • Elizabeth Powell – vocals • Hayley Williams – vocals

Charts

American Football (2019 album)

<table><thead><tr><th>Chart (2019)</th><th>Peak position</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Scottish Albums (OCC)</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>UK Albums Chart Update (OCC)</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>UK Album Sales (OCC)</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>UK Album Downloads (OCC)</td><td>93</td></tr><tr><td>UK Independent Albums (OCC)</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>UK Physical Albums (OCC)</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>UK Record Store Chart (OCC)</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>UK Vinyl Albums Chart (OCC)</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>US Independent Albums (Billboard)</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>