Diskothi-Q - The Football Albums (1999) [Sonic Enemy, SE003A/SE003B

DiskothiQ - The Football Albums (1999) [Sonic Enemy, SE003A/SE003B, CD]

Despite 1997's Sad Truths never making it past its live KUCI performance tape, DiskothiQ went on to do a little more work before the 90's were out. the result is The Football Albums. I'll let Peter's old notes from the Sonic Enemy website lay it out for you.

Thirty-two songs about thirty-two teams. Two CDs --- one each for the NFC and AFC, naturally. Could there have been a worse idea? Could we not have seen it through to completion? The answer to both questions is a resounding NO.

A Brief History of The Football Albums
The Football Albums were born in January, 1998 of a combination of boredom and writer's block. Several months had passed since we'd come up with any new songs, and I expressed concern about this to the Kevins during one of our infrequent practices. Drummer Kevin, who also played a key role in Big Breakfast, explained that he had recently overcome writer's block by deciding to pen ten songs, all called "Tina, I Love You," telling the story of a wayward would-be starlet. While I couldn't really imagine DiskothiQ going in this direction exactly (fortunately, Big Breakfast couldn't either), the notion as exercise had an undeniable appeal to me, and I put myself on alert for ideas that might be suitable for such a project.

Around the same time --- this was January, remember, and Super Bowl hype was in full gear --- there was a piece in the paper about the Packers' then-kicker, which contained the striking bit of information that Scott Norwood, the most infamous Super Bowl kicker of all time, is now an insurance salesman in rural Virginia. While I tried to go to sleep after reading this, a song describing Super Bowl XXV from Norwood's perspective pretty much wrote itself in my head.

It took all of about five seconds to realize that here was the exercise I was looking for, and that it was just ridiculous enough to provide the kick in the ass the band needed at the time. A few fruitless weeks followed, however, and I'd all but dismissed the whole idea when Saints came out of nowhere. And then came the flood: in two weeks we had a full set of songs. Our friends were incredulous. The whole project took on the aspect of a dare, and as my brother learned when he wondered aloud whether our old guitarist Rob was crazy enough to steal the car my next-door neighbor had parked with its keys in the ignition, you don't dare DiskothiQ to do anything.

I used to have these on a single page, but it got a little unwieldy, so I've split it up into two album pages. If you already know what you're looking for, click the thumbnail for the album you want to read about:

If you're not sure, here's an abbreviated listening guide for The Football Albums, where clicking the song name will take you to its Bandcamp page:

The best song on National Conference: Cowboys
The best song on American Conference: Chiefs
The song that goes hardest: Panthers
The song to put on for a pick-me-up: Bengals
The song with the nicest vocals: Saints
You wanted to dance? Patriots
You wanted an earworm? Rams
You want it a little quieter? Maybe some piano? Ravens
You just want to rock out for a minute? Bears
You want to just go all-in about the uniforms? Dolphins
You wanted some acoustic guitar? Me too. Los Angeles
You want something more like Chiefs after all? Raiders
Okay, that wraps it up. Unless you want to laugh? 49ers
One more? Okay, just for the San Diego rhyme: Chargers
I've been overruled here by Johnny Dexatrim, one more: Falcons

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