Americanfootball - Polyvinyl CD Single Series 001

A good record shop should get to know it's customers, Know their musical likes and dislikes and use them to introduce people to bands they haven't heard before but will absolutely love. The sadly missed Tempest Records in Birmingham was one of these shops and Rich who worked there (and now runs Ignite Records in the Oasis market - go and give him money in exchange for records...) has probably introduced me to more bands than any other record store guru over the years. Americanfootball are one of those bands. I walked into the shop, Rich saw me and didn't even have to say anything, just changed the cd from the noisy screamo metal that was currently playing over to a beautful piece of music, polyphonic, inerweaving clean guitar lines, part american indie rock, part post rock, and with a smidgen of jazz in there, which turned out to be the only album by Americanfootball. I'll come that exact album later on but this is their only other release, a three track single which was released in 1998, a year before the album. Think Death Cab For Cutie covering Tortoise and you're along the right sort of lines.

It's not quite up to the excellent standard they reached with the full album unfortunately but it's still well worth a listen.  here's opening track "The One With The Tambourine"...