So what did get in the way? Emo rockers American Football are back after 17 years, releasing their new album American Football on Oct. 21. Nine tracks of new material that takes them on a serendipitous detour down a familiar road. It is replete with the swelling emotions that might be spurred on by locked away memories unearthed by a familiar scent or crack in the concrete, or the rush of warm apprehension when coming face to face with a lover left before the fire was close to going out.