math rock and post-rock's sounds. While their various works have been punctually described as indie rock, dream pop, and slowcore. Talking about the group's sound, Tim Sendra of AllMusic stated, "The trio spent almost a year coming up with a clean, melodic approach that blended the intimacy of emo with the empty space of jazz, while adding pop hooks and jangling guitar interplay to the mix." In their article about the math rock's history, specialized online magazine Fecking Bahamas described American Football as "a second-wave emo band rooted in unconventional melodic song structures as well as containing elements of math rock and slowcore." Members Current members Mike Kinsella – lead vocals, guitar (1997–2000, 2014–present), bass guitar (1997–2000) Steve Holmes – guitar (1997–2000, 2014–present), keyboards (1997–2000) Nate Kinsella – bass guitar, backing vocals, vibraphone (2014–present) Steve Lamos – drums, percussion, trumpet (1997–2000, 2014–2021, 2023–present) Former touring musicians Mike Garzon – percussion, melodica (2016–2019) Cory Bracken – vibraphone (2019) Sarah Versprille – backing vocals (2019) Timeline Discography American Football (1999) American Football (2016) American Football (2019) References External links American Football at Polyvinyl Records American Football at joanfrc.com American Football at Epitonic Polyvinyl Record Co. artists Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 2000 Emo musical groups from Illinois Indie rock musical groups from Illinois Musical groups reestablished in 2014 Wichita Recordings artists 1997 establishments in Illinois 2000 disestablishments in Illinois Family musical groups Big Scary Monsters Recording Company artists