American Football Releases No Feeling Single with Brendan Yates

American Football, the Midwest emo band, released a new single titled "No Feeling" on Thursday, featuring vocals from Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates. The track previews the group's upcoming self-titled fourth album, LP4, set for release on May 1 via Polyvinyl Records.

The ethereal song blends frontman Mike Kinsella's introspective lyrics with Yates' distinctive harmonies, creating a melancholic yet dreamy sound. It follows the band's earlier single "Bad Moons" from the same album, which explores themes of disorientation, grief, and the challenges of middle age. LP4 marks American Football's first full-length since 2019's LP3 and represents their most ambitious recording to date, with layered arrangements and a shift in their writing process.

Kinsella described the collaboration with Yates in a statement: "Brendan came into the studio to sing along to a gang vocal call-and-response part I'd written for the chorus of No Feeling. I had imagined his voice would be one of many voices scream-singing it, and was excited for it to be a sort of Easter Egg on the album. But after tracking the original parts, he asked if he could try a higher harmony that he was hearing. As soon as he...