American Football announce 25th anniversary self-titled album reissue with covers by Ethel Cain, Blondshell and more
nme.comAmerican Football have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut album – as well as a new covers edition featuring Ethel Cain, Blondshell and more.
Find all the details below.The US band released the seminal ‘American Football’ (aka ‘LP1’) back in 1999, and followed it up with two full-length records of the same name: 2016’s ‘LP2’ and 2019’s ‘LP3’.Today (July 31), it has been confirmed that the group will drop a completely remastered version of ‘LP1’ – titled ‘American Football (25th Anniversary Edition)’ – on October 18 via Polyvinyl.The collection is set to be accompanied by ‘American Football (Covers)’, which sees a different artist take on each of the album’s nine tracks.
Ethel Cain recorded a rendition of ‘For Sure’, while Blondshell covered ‘The Summer Ends’.Also appearing are Manchester Orchestra (on ‘Stay Home’), Iron & Wine (‘Never Meant’), Novo Amor & Lowswimmer (‘Honestly?’), Girl Ultra (‘But The Regrets Are Killing Me’) and more.To preview the anniversary releases, American Football have shared the newly remastered ‘Never Meant’ along with Iron & Wine’s “warm and transformative” interpretation of the song.The latter comes with an official music video directed by Alec Basse and Max Moore – tune in here.Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) recorded his cover of ‘Never Meant’ with producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee).“My neighbour Brad Cook and I have been circling each other hoping to work on something for a bit,” Beam explained.“When I was asked about this project, it felt like the perfect opportunity.
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