Check out Ethel Cain’s ethereal cover of American Football’s ‘For Sure’
nme.comAmerican Football have shared Ethel Cain‘s ethereal cover of the band’s 1999 track ‘For Sure’ from their debut LP.The cover sees Cain swap the track’s original opening trumpet line for soft guitar plucking which is then paired with her soft, celestial vocals as she slowly sings: “June seems too lateDelayed / Maybe for the better / Imagine us together.” Towards the end of the song, Cain’s cover turns into an explosive shoegaze jam, a reworking of the original’s Midwest emo grandeur.Filmed and edited by Cain herself, the cover’s accompanying video sees hazy clips of a blue sky, the greenery of a forest, fireworks, lights and houses in the suburbs.
Check it out below:Speaking about the cover in a press release, Cain shared: “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 is one of those bands that really marked such a moment in time with their debut record, a mark with so much longevity that it found me the same way at 20 years old that I imagine it found everyone else the day it was first released: as an instant classic.She continued: “Their sonic storytelling has inspired me in more ways than I can count over the years, so being asked to contribute to this covers edition was truly an honor.
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