American Football American Football (LP4)(Limited Edition, Red Colored Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card) (2 Lp's)

American Football American Football (LP4)(Limited Edition, Red Colored Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card) (2 Lp's)When the idea of recording a 4th album came up (for the second time), American Football knew things were going to get darker. After touring a year's worth of sold out 25th Anniversary shows around the world and releasing a covers album (featuring Iron & Wine, Ethel Cain, Blondshell & more), the quartet of Mike & Nate Kinsella, Steve Lamos, and Steve Holmes, linked up with producer engineer Sonny Diperri (My Bloody Valentine, M83, Kurt Vile) to record

but it was a positive step forward for the Pride of Forest Hills

the focus here -- like it is on any Foreigner compilation -- are on the big radio hits: "Feels Like the First Time

Williams lived his life so close to his honky tonk persona that in the end it is impossible to tell where one ended and the other began

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Free of gimmicks

Within two listens you will be powerless to resist the magnetic draw of “Shades of Blue

Girl on the Wing 9

This stunning double EP marked an impressive debut

Features collaboration with Ray Benson

11-track collects some of Williams' best and most timeless recordings

While future collections would cover more ground career-wise (namely 1998's THE VERY BEST OF)

This is how the process of the full album started