album, which merged the plain-spoken, confessional lyrics and the varying time signatures of math rock with a softer musical sensibility. These characteristics carried on in Mike Kinsella's solo project Owen, and Kinsella would later re-record "Never Meant" as Owen in 2004. Reformation In March 2014, Polyvinyl Records announced a deluxe re-issue of the band's eponymous debut album, including 10 additional unheard demos and live recordings. Live dates, in Champaign and New York, were announced the following month, all of which sold out. For these dates, Mike's cousin Nate Kinsella joined the band on bass – becoming a permanent fixture of the band thereafter. Further tour dates followed in the US, Canada, Spain, UK, Japan, and Australia. Two years after reforming, the band released their second album. Again eponymous, and again on Polyvinyl, the album was released in October 2016, preceded by single "I've Been So Lost For So Long", which was made available for streaming through SoundCloud. The album's cover featured the same house photographed on the band's first full-length. The "American Football House" became a landmark for emo music fans around the world, who would travel to Urbana, Illinois to take photos outside of the home. American Football's third album, once again eponymous, was released in March 2019, with the single "Silhouettes" made available upon announcement the preceding December. A second single, "Uncomfortably Numb", followed in January 2019. It featured vocals from Paramore's Hayley Williams, marking the first time the band had implemented a featured artist on a song. Steve Lamos announced his departure the band in July 2021, citing a change of situation in his life. A single with the tracks "Rare Symmetry" and "Fade Into You" (a Mazzy Star cover), was released in December the same year. On February 13, 2023, the band were announced as the opener for The 1975's outdoor show at Finsbury Park in London. The show, set to take place on July 2, will mark the band's first public live show since December 2019. Later that day, Lamos confirmed his return to the band via Instagram. Musical style Although they are usually described as an emo band, as one of the most important bands of the late 1990s Midwestern emo scene and subgenre, American Football's musical style has been also described as math rock, and post-rock due to them having uncommon time signatures in their songs, which is a staple in both the