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In “American Sports” Turner takes a look into the dystopian future, and compares present day obsessions to the habits of the moon’s fictional inhabitants.
This song’s narrative expands upon the strange imagery told throughout “Star Treatment”. However, while that song lamented introspectively, “American Sports” is very open and external.
"That vocal was done close to the beginning of recording that track at home. I feel like there’s an opportunity to capture something when you’re not even sure you’ve completely written it yet. I tried to replace the vocals later but I couldn’t do the thing that we liked about it anymore, so we left it the way it was. It’s probably not the most well-recorded thing."
Alex Turner describing the song in an interview with Pitchfork.
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