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- Watch American Football play "Every Wave To Ever Rise", "Uncomfortably Numb" and "Heir Apparent" at the Tiny Desk.
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July 8, 2019 | Lars Gotrich -- Who would've thought that American Football's fruitful reunion would include a children's choir at the Tiny Desk?
Twenty years after a self-titled debut that featured one heartbroken mixtape-worthy song after another, American Football is writing some of the best music of its career right now. Once an emo trio from Central Illinois, American Football brought its expanded band to the Tiny Desk, including a vibraphonist, backing singer and, yes, six children from a D.C. choir.
American Football's thoughtful and expansive return has yielded two self-titled records in just three years. This set culls from LP3, as it's colloquially known, as Pure Bathing Culture's Sarah Versprille steps in to sing backing vocals for "Every Wave to Ever Rise" and takes a verse on "Uncomfortably Numb," whose recorded versions feature Land of Talk's Elizabeth Powell and Paramore's Hayley Williams. These spacious songs acts as revelatory meditations on what it means to grow older in love and relationships, with lovers and family.
For "Heir Apparent," we reached out to members of the Children's Chorus of Washington to sing the coda's quiet mantra. When the 12-to-14-year olds asked frontman Mike Kinsella what the song meant, in order to capture the right emotion, he told them, in so many words, that it was a sad song, but that he'd like them to wear paper crowns while singing it. Just a touch of Kinsella irony, as he grinned ear-to-ear and they sang, "Heir apparent to the throne / The king of all alone."
SET LIST
"Every Wave To Ever Rise
"Uncomfortably Numb"
"Heir Apparent"
MUSICIANS
Mike Kinsella: lead vocal, guitar; Nate Kinsella: bass; Steve Lamos: drums, trumpet; Steve Holmes: guitar; Cory Bracken: vibraphone; Mike Garzon: melodica, percussion; Sarah Versprille (of Pure Bathing Culture): vocals; Mallory Valmon: vocals; Amelia Lashway: vocals; Jenna Loescher-Clark: vocals; Marika Clark: vocals; Taylor Bowen-Longino: vocals; William Ekrem: vocals
CREDITS
Producers: Lars Gotrich, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame, Beck Harlan, Bronson Arcuri, Jeremiah Rhodes; Production Assistant: Paul Georgoulis; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR - เพลง
I love the album *American Football* but I prefer the predecessor, *American Football.*
Of course, neither can top the classic sound of *American Football.*
@qweas dzxvc Yessir.
I didn't get this joke till i looked up all their albums are the same name...
I thought they only has 1 album this whole time.
Don’t forget American Football EP which is also very good
what about americ anfootball?
Lp 2 was so blah it hurt
my favourite album by americ is anfootball (1999)
wat
@@CamKnoppMusic the '99 album picture cuts off the text so it reads americ
an football
Hot take: anfootball (2015) by americ is underrated
@@musyarofah1 no your just wrong it goes
LP1 - LP3 - LP2
hahahaha brilliant!
American Football, also known as Sad Dads
Also known as americ anfootball
Nah, that title belongs to The National.
Spam singles 😂
also knon as I'm Eric and Food Bowl
16:55 Is Proud Dads
sad toot
😞🎺
You mean
sa
d toot
You know them better, Polyvinyl.
SAD DAD
Dad, i- is that you?
I just cried like a 41 year old man
They really uploaded this late at night. Sad boy hours.
“I blamed my father in my youth, now as a father i blamed the boozed” sad dad
The only football I pay attention to
Disclaimer: No Sad Dad were Harmed in this video.
even emotionally?
Yo you sure about that?
Those six adorable children are very lucky they get to say, "yeah, I sang with American Football at a Tiny Desk Concert Once."
"... and Mike Kinsella said we were awesome".
I love that cut at 16:54 to the bassist and drummer playing while the kids are singing. The look of pride and happiness is so earnest and so great to see.
Aren't they some kids of them? or at least that what they said in the KEXP live
THE EMO DADS TINY CLUB SHELF CONCERT
Fuckin same
Super dope.
MMA On Point man I love ur content so nice to see u here
I wonder if it's jason
Weird to see mma fans and American football fans overlapping lol
@@stephenlangdon5797 I mean, it makes sense when you consider that Ben Rosett does their opening music
WO POSTED THIS?! THE HEART? TOMMY TOEHOLD?!
At this point I’ve heard Never Meant so many times that I don’t care that they didn’t play it. Also, the new album is absolutely incredible so it’s a win either way.
Their whole current career is built on Never Meant, let's not kid ourselves. I love most of their stuff, don't get me wrong, but if it weren't for Never Meant they would be a somewhat forgotten band only appreciated by die hard 90s emo fans.
@@inflago true but imo its overrated. So many better songs in the 1st album(I still love it dont get me wrong)
Edu Nogués I agree with you to an extent! For example summer ends, I’ll see you when we both are not so emotional are some of my favs from that record
@@edunogues23 My personal favorite is "Stay Home," but we can't deny that they are sort of the one hit wonder of obscure bands. I'm so happy they are touring again, but the reason they are able to do that at all is because of "Never Meant."
@@inflago I guess the other songs on the album never meant much to people Dxx. Yeah I agree. And stay home is my fav too,such a beautiful track!
I love the drummer so much. Always looks like he's giving it his best, having so much fun too. Interesting style too.
Sale : me too !
sad he quit the band
He was in the pocket on this one
@@genabooking he's back in
@@theonlygannonyouknow8257 Is that real ?
Shout outs to the xylophone guy. He's been practicing his entire life, waiting for this moment.
Vibraphone*
@@juno980 thank you
Jim son prolly not but ok
He looks like Hairthany Fantano
Cory Bracken
I'm so glad they've kept making music, these guys are phenomenal.
Me too, they're awesome.
what’s with all these emo drummers being able to play trumpets
ever wonder where all the sad ska kids went? they wound up drumming in emo bands.
probably former marching band kids
Emo kids know a lot of instruments. The singer of American Football was originally a drummer for an Emo band called Cap'n Jazz.
I don't know why, but drummers who play trumpets seem so fricking cool to me.
It’s crazy you say that because I transitioned from trumpet to drums lol
Does anyone realizes just how talented their bassist is? He deserves to be recongized more often. I thought he was lame af untill i realized..
He plays so
Tight and solid but insanely colorful note choice.
(He actually sat down and PUT THOUGHT IN TO THE BASSLINES. they are super simple yet so damn effective with his colorful note choices.
He has insanely good technique. His left and right hands are both relaxed. His freting technuique is so stretched out comfortable an the neck and
he is so proper that no. Notes sound so consistent. it kills
No Fret buzz.
No bad tone.
His picking technuique is so proffesional and constistent which fixes some notes sticking out in the mix tone.
Keepin mathy time signatures on the back of his hand.. when he has to keep time forstrange minor fills.. dynamics in note length and note onterval was very proffesional.
A + for holding back. Great use of your diffrent picking dynamics. and picking lenghts
Hes no flee but he is no averge .
I KNOW I especially love in "Every Wave To Ever Rise" he keeps it simple from the start but then just changes a LITTLE bit during Elizabeth's verse and it changes the entire song mostly with different context to each instrument with the reharmonization.
He has a solo project called Birthmark that is incredible. He also played for Joan of arc here and there
+soothing voice
That's Nate Kinsella! He's an epic musician all around. He's also an incredible drummer and organ/piano player. Check out his drumming in Make Believe. Totally different band, but really highlights his playing.
Yeah, Nate Kinsella is a bad ass musician at everything he plays.
there are certain moments in life that just require listening to this band
100%
And for me this is the right moment
The children’s chorus was such a wonderful touch. Brought tears to my eyes. LP3 is amazing.
Indie royalty. What an incredibly influential group of musicians.
00:00 "Every Wave To Ever Rise
"
07:53 "Uncomfortably Numb"
12:21 "Heir Apparent"
Thank you bun always look for time stamps
You missed the trumpet solo
Vibrophone fella making this quarantine much better.
Listening to American Football on the radio, travelling the long interstates in a cold lonely night, true feeling of bliss.
13:48 What a beautiful bass line ♥
Leandro Silva might as well have just said 00:00-18:16
Holy throw back, I listened to these guys in the 90s in high school!
Their first album came out in ‘99...
@@roemip they had stuff before that
@@roemip the first EP came out in '98
@@roemip yea thats the 90s idiot
Oof that trumpet solo before uncomfortably numb gave me chills
Trumpet, vibraphone, choir, this video has a jam sesh feel to it and I’m obsessed
Literal chills when the children choir comes in near the end of "Heir Apparent"
They xylophone added way more than I expected it too. Great performance.
That's a vibraphone. But yeah it's a cool instrument that can add a lot when you get a percussionist that understands it.
The musician hidden in the back is a very talented drumpet player.
Bob Schoepen jr most appropriate dad joke award
Steve Lammos
He's also an English professor at University of Colorado Boulder.
@@AnunakiGates The life of the party they tell you
I'm astonished. I just discovered American Football like three days ago, and they are on Tiny Desk a day later. I am one with the Ebb and flow.
What an honor to be here!! I first want to thank NPR music for providing me entertainment at 2am and American football.
happy 2 see heir apparent get the recognition it deserves
heir is the best song from LP3 imo
Lukease rivaled by uncomfortably numb imp
@@arseniy1329 doom in full bloom.
Best song IMO
The best song they’ve ever written Jesus christ
Love the smiles on the band's face after the kids start singing. Amazing job, all of them.
I got so much love for the drummer. Hes a mad genius.
Now we need a Owen Tiny Desk Concert
elias321456 Hopefully they’ll play my favorite Owen song, Never Meant.
This was an Owen Tiny Desk concert
@@aidenyang2456 yes but no
They need a capn jazz tiny desk lol
The last time I mentioned Owen on an American Football video, people were like "Who the f*ck is Owen???" Smh lol.
Shout out to all the vibe players! Who else was excited to see a vibraphone?
Grace Richardson the fact he uses a bow to play it at one point is awesome
@@curtblack686 Yes, that was awesome.
@C no thanks
Grace Richardson this guy am I right
@@acurlyboi2944 True, who trys to pick up girls through TH-cam comments anyway?
I've been listening to heir apparent in a loop for about an hour now. The kids chorus makes me wanna listen to it all over again
real emo hours, who up?
Im not emo but its 3:43 am rn..
Im not emo but its 1:48
I'm emo and its 8 AM
i'm emo and it's 3:08 PM
i'm not emo but is 8:18 pm
More math/post rock would be nice on this show. I think chill mathy stuff works VERY well in this setting.
I think it's because that genre always sounds so dense in recordings that it's really impressive when you see just a few people making it happen live.
The sheer beauty of the choir at the end almost had me in tears. 😀
the drummer loves his life
Love those kids
I watched this like 30 times before they released it on TH-cam and it’s one of the most gorgeous things In the entire fucking world they’ve aged wonderfully and their music is so close to my heart
I’ve never wanted to play the xylophone so bad in my life.
He's playing a vibraphone.
that’s a vibraphone !!!
Xylophone is not real
13:26 the combination of glockenspiel & melodica are just perfect
Now as a father I blame the booze
You see what great musicians these guys are at the last song “Heir Apparent.” So tight and crisp.
I just keep coming back to this set. their latest album has been witness of all that ive been through these last 2 years. I dont know what it is, but their lyrics to me show a lot of nostalgia and sadness while their music makes me hopeful for the future.
I'm finishing work and studying, very tired.... And i saw this...I'm listening not expecting this awesome and emotionally powerful concert, i'm crying and i feel awake again!!
I want to see my friends, share a beer with them
I'm sure now that i have to tell her that i love her
Well did you tell her?
Yes , this song make me feeling like you describe in you post. The music of AF is soft and in same time heavy, sad and happy. I love this
My man's snare drum is set up lower than my standards
Lol
I laughed like an idiot for this comment
This NPR Tiny Desk Concert performance by _American Football_ was *NEVER MEANT*
I find it so amazing that they sound just as good live as they do on the track
an emo cheer of joy from someone too young to have experienced emo in its prime, but still gets to listen to new americ anfootball
I always loved the back-and-forth play between the two vocalists on Uncomfortably Numb.
i love the trumpet solo ❤️
omg its my favorite band americ
anfootball
I love the trumpet interlude
From sad boys to sad dads.... How sad.....
Wow, that ending was phenomenal!
wow was not expecting this when I saw that lil notification. Bless you NPR Tiny Desk
The kids were so good!!
Guy vibing out on a xylophone........
I’m in
vibraphone but yesss
vibing out... on the vibraphone
Such a beautiful instrument✨
He really be vibin doe 😳😳
I'm pretty sure that's the same guy they had a couple years back when I saw them. Everyone in the audience was gassing him up after someone asked a question about him. He got a round of applause as he left the stage.
Who’s cutting onions? 😭
BRO, EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO THIS THE SAD TOOT MAKES ME CRY
uncomforably numb is such a good song
9:20
'Now im struggling to make sushi', says subtitles.
I thought it was funny enough to share :).
The childrens choir
LP 3 was my favourite album in 2019. I have listened to it cover to cover so many times.
Pure good.
We've been waiting 20 years for this
Mike's vocals solid in this
Thought Hayley Williams would be there for Uncomfortably Numb, would have been magical. Still good
Idk if i would be able to stop watching it tbh
Oh the vibes and chills.
They music been pinching my Soul since 2017. Man i love these guys.
Summer of 99
Is that Laura Dern on backing vocals
I was thinking Kathryn Hahn
Her name is Sarah Versprille, she sings for Pure Bathing Culture
Hahaha
This is so great to see I love American Football😄. Thank you tiny desk and American Foottball for the great night jam vibes😌🤙🏻.
Damn we back in 1999. Cool
Xylophonist stole the show, didn't think it could get any better. THen the drummer started playing trumpet, it was the best part, best ever. Then there was the man on the ganzá. Then Mike Kinsella was awsome, sublime, totally stole the show. It couldn't be topped. Then, oh! a melodica! Then the little person's chorus came in, and it was next level. Exatctly like on the record! Just totally stole the show. This
Just went to check npr tiny desk to see if anyone interesting has popped up in the past few weeks and they casually drop my favorite emo band in the mix
wow, that was a really nice set
HOW COME I ONLY SAW THIS NOW
Heir Apparent so fooking emotional! WOHOOOOOO!!!
We need more Emo.
One of my favourite bands
Imagine being this talented 🤩🤩
Haven’t seen anybody mention this yet but the drummer’s facial expressions are hilarious lol
Steve Lamos is always locked in that groove yo
This is such a beautiful rendition. This is probably my favorite contemporary band.
*I LOVE THIS BAND*
Shaker dude have incredibly steady hands.
American football! Like my first indie band I feel in love with back in early 2000's
sad dads unite
I am happy to see them. Beautiful melody and voice.
even after two decades, this melancolic melodies hit me in the same way
The end of Heir Apparent melts me.
Xylophone guy is making a huge living now, and that's thanks to getting good grades and participating in high school band percussion.
This is too beautiful. I’m obsessed with this video