American Football are formally inviting you to remain the evening at 704 West Excessive Avenue in Urbana, Illinois – the white, residential home made well-known by the quilt of their self-titled debut album. Final yr, the band grew to become co-owners of “The American Football House” together with their label Polyvinyl, photographer Atiba Jefferson, Chicago’s Open Home Up to date, and photographer and videographer Chris Robust, who designed the primary American Soccer album cowl. Now, they’re opening it up for anybody to lease on AirBnB.
“In Might 2023, the property was bought by the members of American Soccer, in addition to Chris Robust, Polyvinyl Information, Open Home Up to date, and Atiba Jefferson to guard the home from builders and potential demolition,” the AirBnB listing reads. “By preserving the 130+ year-old home and opening it up for artists, inventive retreats, occasions, and nightly stays, we hope this indelible house will proceed to encourage others for a few years to come back–proper right here in the neighborhood that gave form to its distinctive legacy.”
The band has additionally launched AmericanFootball.house, a complete web site in regards to the constructing, which was constructed in 1893. Along with internet hosting an in depth historical past of the American Soccer home written by Sean Neumann, it additionally features a particular discounted rate for bands to remain on the home, a contact kind to ebook occasions there, native suggestions in Urbana, and a calendar of upcoming home exhibits, artist residencies, and vinyl pop-ups.
American Soccer isn’t the one file to highlight the 704 West Excessive Avenue home. In 2014, the band launched a music video for “Never Meant” that was filmed inside the home by Chris Robust. Two years later, the home’s inside was photographed as soon as once more by Robust for the quilt of American Soccer’s comeback album.
On October 18, American Soccer will launch a particular 25th anniversary edition of their debut album, plus American Football (Covers), which incorporates new takes on their songs by Ethel Cain, Manchester Orchestra, Blondshell, and others.
