• American Football "American Football LP 4" 2LP/CD/CS (pre-order)

Polyvinyl Records

Pre-Order by 26th April 2026
ETA : May 2026

Available in 2LP (Red Vinyl), CD (Jewel Case), CS (red shell)

RELEASE DATE: 1st May 2026

The quietest voices don’t just endure — sometimes they deepen.

For a band once defined by understatement, American Football has become something increasingly rare: one whose stature has grown less by nostalgia than through patience, self-interrogation and the long view. Since reuniting in 2014 after a decade-plus dormancy, American Football hasn’t simply returned to its past. It has moved forward in parallel with its audience, writing music that reflects the disorientation, compromise, grief and hard-won perspective of middle age.

Its fourth self-titled album (LP4) is the clearest and most satisfying expression of that evolution yet. It’s simultaneously the band’s darkest and most playful, its most complex and — paradoxically — its most generous. Throughout, LP4 stares matter-of-factly at despair while refusing the comforts of melodrama or easy resolution.

When the idea of recording a fourth album came up (for the second time), American Football knew things were going to get darker. Recorded during a ten-day retreat at Panoramic House in Stinson Beach, CA, "LP4" finds the band intentionally walking into the abyss - themes of divorce, upheaval, and uncertainty are at the forefront, yet the band sounds more engaged and legitimized than ever before. It's a gorgeous and elaborate album, one that takes its time to show you its beauty, while hinting at the darker parts that are trying their best to stay hidden. Vinyl version includes digital download.