American Football are celebrating 25 years of ‘LP1’ with an Ethel Cain cover of ‘For Sure’

American Football have shared an Ethel Cain cover of their song ‘For Sure’.

The track is part of their remastered ‘American Football (25th Anniversary Edition)’ and ‘American Football (Covers)’ LPs, which will be released via Polyvinyl Record Co. on 18th October.

The anniversary edition will feature remastered versions of the original 1999 album tracks, while the covers album will include interpretations by artists such as Iron & Wine, Manchester Orchestra, and Blondshell.

Ethel Cain, who also directed the music video for her cover of ‘For Sure’, says: “I knew I wanted to do ‘For Sure’ immediately. It’s always stood out to me every time I spin the record, and I knew exactly how I wanted to translate it into my sound. My favourite part of the entire track is the sound of the train going by the apartment I lived in back in Pennsylvania, stretched out like a synth at the beginning and end.”

American Football’s Steve Lamos adds: “Ethel Cain has somehow made me like this track even more than I already did. Cain bathes ‘For Sure’ here in similar luxury. She takes her time with each note, each phrase, and each vowel. In the process, she manages to intensify the ache and longing of the original: the ‘ooooohs’ and ‘aaaaahs’ echo almost endlessly here.”