Final 12 months, American Soccer celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of their landmark debut album with a collection of dwell performances. Now, that tour can be immortalized within the type of a live performance movie. American Soccer (Reside in Los Angeles) was recorded throughout two nights at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre. Directed by Steph Rinzler and that includes interviews with Ethel Cain, Yvette Younger, and M.A.G.S., the movie is about to premiere tonight (July 2) at 9:00 p.m. Jap Daylight Time on the band’s YouTube channel.
American Soccer (Reside in Los Angeles) is accompanied by the official launch of American Soccer’s first dwell album. The document, which incorporates renditions of all of the songs on the emo lodestars’ debut, was initially made accessible on Bandcamp earlier this 12 months, with proceeds going to learn victims of the California wildfires. Vinyl pressings will include an eight-page booklet of images from the El Rey Theatre exhibits taken by Atiba Jefferson. Hearken to the album under.
Alongside remastering and reissuing their debut LP in 2024, American Soccer shared a full-album covers compilation with contributions from Iron & Wine, Manchester Orchestra, and Blondshell, amongst others. The home that seems on the duvet of American Soccer—which the band co-owns alongside Polyvinyl Information—has additionally been accessible to hire on Airbnb since final 12 months. American Soccer shared their third and, to this point, newest studio album, additionally titled American Soccer, in 2019.
Learn concerning the first American Soccer at No. 38 in “The 150 Greatest Albums of the Nineteen Nineties.”
