A medium-shot, outdoor band portrait of American Football during a vibrant sunset. From left to right, the members are Steve Holmes, Mike Kinsella, Steve Lamos, and Nate Kinsella. They are standing in a horizontal line, facing the camera with neutral expressions. They are dressed in casual, dark-toned clothing against the backdrop of an open landscape under a clear, pale-blue to orange-gradient sky. A strong, warm-toned red light source is directed from the side, casting the band members in dramatic, saturated red and orange hues while creating deep shadows. — American Football (L-R) Steve Holmes, Mike Kinsella, Steve Lamos, and Nate Kinsella. Credit: Alexa Viscius / Polyvinyl Records

Anyone with a thing for hot emo dads is getting an early Christmas gift this winter.

Yesterday, American Football, forefather of the genre’s second wave, added more dates to its world tour, including four in Florida.

The Chicago quartet—featuring Mike Kinsella, his cousin Nate Kinsella, Steve Holmes and Steve Lamos—is on the road supporting its fourth self-titled EP. The record is the third part of a comeback for the band, which released its landmark debut in 1999 and then pretty much disappeared for the next decade-and-a-half.

LP4 is American Football’s first new album in seven years and finds Mike Kinsella treading heavily into the deeply personal lyricism that’s long been a hallmark of his solo project, Owen. The 10-track headphones record is also another leap away from the iconic sound of their debut towards more sweeping indie-rock.

Tickets to see American Football play The Ritz in Ybor City on Saturday, Dec. 12 go on sale to the public on Friday, June 5.

The band’s comeback brought American Football to Ybor City in 2018 when it made its Tampa debut at Orpheum, then DJ’d with Emo Night Tampa at The Bricks.

A press release says that $1 for every ticket sold on the “No Feelings” world tour kicking off June 19 in Italy “will go towards organizations protecting immigrant rights and supporting deportees, migrants and refugees.”

Openers for American Football’s newly-announced Florida shows—also happening in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Jacksonville—have not yet been announced.