For Sure

For Sure cover

For Sure

A split single with American Football, their song carried to nine minutes and back.

Track by track
  1. For Sure9:53

    American Football’s shrug of uncertainty stretched into a long meditation, two people relatively stable, tentatively able, certain only of the uncertainty.

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  2. For Sure (American Football version)3:16

    The band’s own recording of the song, chiming and brief, the same June and the same doubt carried lightly.

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About the record

For Sure pairs Ethel Cain’s nine minute rendition of American Football’s song with the band’s own version, released on Polyvinyl in September 2024. Her half stretches the emo standard into the long form drift of the Perverts era around it.

Music videos

A still from the For Sure music video
For Sure2024

Release details

Released
5 September 2024
Format
Single
Runtime
2 tracks · 13 minutes
Credits
  • Ethel Cain and American Football
Label
Polyvinyl Records

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