AMERICAN FOOTBALL - same (ep) 12" Soul Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker—the

Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker—the married couple whose heaven-and-earth harmonies have always held the band’s center—have pioneered a subgenre

indie and post-rock

but also of Steve Reich or Slint’s Tweez

In its most frequent instrumental configuration

the memory of a thousand different pieces from a thousand different eras

AMERICAN FOOTBALL - same (ep) 12" Soul Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker—theHALF RED HALF BLACK VINYL. From Urbana, IL, American Football offered up their debut single as the first release of Polyvinyl's inaugural CD single series. While the series would be short lived, American Football deservedly became one of Polyvinyl's most cherished bands. Featuring the guitar and vocal talents of Mike Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz, Joan Of Arc, Owen) as well as the impeccably timed, jazz like drumming of Steve Lamos, American Football created