The discography of the American rock and emo band American Football consists of four studio albums, two extended plays (EP), four singles and eight music videos. Because all four albums are eponymous, they are known as LP1, LP2, LP3, and LP4. The band was formed in 1997 in Urbana, Illinois, by Mike Kinsella, Steve Lamos, and Steve Holmes while they were students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A year later, they released a self-titled EP, followed by their debut studio album, American Football (LP1), in 1999. Shortly after, the band graduated from college, and not expecting the album to receive any attention, broke up.
LP1's music and enigmatic cover art, which shows a green tinted picture of a white house in Urbana (which later became known as the American Football House), developed a word-of-mouth cult following, and today is considered a central influence on the 2010s emo revival. In 2014, Polyvinyl Records re-released LP1 as a deluxe edition, which reached number 68 on the Billboard 200. Its success led to the band reforming for a series of live shows that year, for which they recruited Nate Kinsella, Mike Kinsella's nephew. In 2016, they released their second album, American Football (LP2), which reached number 82 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Independent Albums chart. They followed up with American Football (LP3), and an extended play of early demos, Year One Demos, in 2019. LP3 and Year One Demos reached numbers 4 and 44 respectively on the Independent Albums chart; although neither record reached the Billboard 200.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US USIndie USRock SCO UKSales UKIndie American Football (LP1) Released: September 14, 1999 Label: Polyvinyl 68 — — — — — American Football (LP2) Released: October 21, 2016 Label: Polyvinyl 82 3 14 71 83 17 American Football (LP3) Released: March 22, 2019 Label: Polyvinyl — 4 45 38 51 17 American Football (LP4) Released: May 1, 2026 Label: Polyvinyl — — — 35 41 14 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Live albums + List of live albums Title Details Peak chart positions UKDL American Football (Live in Los Angeles) Released: July 2, 2025 Label: Polyvinyl Formats: Vinyl, digital download 32
Extended plays + List of extended plays with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions USIndie American Football Released: October 6, 1998 Label: Polyvinyl — Year One Demos Released: December 13, 2019 Label: Polyvinyl 44 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UKPhys. "Give Me the Gun" 2016 — American Football (LP2) "I've Been Lost for So Long" — "Silhouettes" 2019 — American Football (LP3) "Uncomfortably Numb" — "Rare Symmetry" / "Fade Into You" 2021 14 "Bad Moons" 2026 — American Football (LP4) "No Feeling" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music videos +List of music videos that American Football has released with the year, album the song is on, and the director Title Year Album Director"Never Meant" 2014 American Football (LP1) Chris Strong "I've Been So Lost for So Long" 2017 American Football (LP2) Matt Mayer and Ben Wietmarschen "My Instincts Are the Enemy" 2017 Chris Strong "Home Is Where the Haunt Is" 2017 Erin Elders "Uncomfortably Numb" 2019 American Football (LP3) Atiba Jefferson "Silhouettes" 2019 Shawn Brackbill "Every Wave to Ever Rise" 2019 Hydeon "I Can't Feel You" 2019 David M. Helman "Fade into You" 2022 Non-album single
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