April 2026 Monthly Music Round-Up

It's April - spring is making its moves, the plant gunk flying everywhere has brought the traditional hayfever fits with it, and I heard some new music and bought some less new music. Not as much as last month in the latter department, thank god. New Music Immediate ImpressionsAmerican Football - American Football [LP4] The on-and-off US indie legends return again after a long period of absence, and they're more tightly wrapped up in their own world than ever. LP4 is a dense listen: in its core it's a direct follow-up to the extended moods and soundscapes of LP3, but the time in between is represented by AmeriBall now frequently dipping close to post-rock and how the drums in particular have gone full math-rock in places. These are hefty, heady songs instrumentally and take so much to wrap your head around them just on that alone. Then you add the emotional charge of the record - I'm paraphrasing someone on a Discord I visit, but where LP3 was asking "guys, am I heading to…