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Hear Emo Torchbearer Football, etc.'s Meditation On A Turbulent Relationship, 'Save'

It's spring! A time for renewal and flowers and sunshine and... sadness, if Football, etc. has anything to do with it.
Football, etc.

It's spring, a time for renewal and flowers and sunshine and... sadness, if has anything to do with it. For nearly ten years, singer, Football, etc. is particularly thoughtful about its backwards glance, balancing twinkly guitar ballads and moody pop songs, staking its own identity in a genre that's still discovering newness.

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