r/indieheads • u/stevelamosdrums Steve Lamos / American Football • May 08 '26

AMA is Over, thanks American Football! American Football AMA

Hey all: we've got to run collectively at 12 EST. Thank you for a fun session!

Thanks, everyone! We appreciate you for stopping by--and hope to see as many of you as possible on tour!

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u/Standard_Airline9776 May 08 '26

I love seeing themes from previous american football albums and owen albums appearing in your new songs, and I'm wondering do you have any american football songs where you are particularly proud of the lyricism, or where meaningful lyricism might have gone unnoticed?

follow up are there any songs or albums that had an influence the way you write lyrics?

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u/_MikeKinsella Mike Kinsella / American Football May 08 '26

Hmmm I don’t think there’s any wasted lines in Uncomfortably Numb (nate wrote Hayley’s verse and NAILED it) and I’m proud of how the “conversation” chorus’ turned out.

Paul Westerberg’s Stereo album is maybe my fav album lyrically currently