The Summer Ends: The Tale of Midwest Emo
The Summer Ends: The Tale of Midwest Emo LP1 (Spotify) LP 1 (YouTube) Mike Kinsella (YouTube) Mike Kinsella (Instagram) Other Links It was an autumn night when a 20-year-old undergraduate went through the painful process of a friendship slowly coming to an end. Mike Kinsella decided to express his grief through music. Steve Holmes and Steve Lamos, two of his friends, were invited to join him in his musical venting. In the autumn of 1997, American Football was formed. Kinsella wasn’t new to music, at just 13 years of age, he played drums for his brother’s indie/post rock band, Cap’n Jazz. Together, they recorded and released over 30 songs and gained moderate fame. Things were different now. Over the years, Kinsella had become a more seasoned musician, started playing the guitar, and experimented with more intricate musical concepts. Within a year, they recorded three demos and eventually signed with Polyvinyl Records. Over the following year, they worked on several new songs for their f...