The title of this post says it all folks! The new American Football deluxe reissue has been named "Best New Reissue" by Pitchfork (8.6). If you're unfamiliar with the record, check out the review HERE, then go check out the reissue HERE.
“Rather than someone cutting themselves off from or invalidating their own teenage feelings, Kinsella’s just outside that time frame trying to figure out how the emotions and music that moved him during his formative years figure into his current life. That’s why, as self-identifying emo bands are making music that’s more mature, refined, and exploratory than anything that came before it, American Football is currently the most influential album in the genre.”