American Soccer are celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of their extraordinarily influential 1999 debut album by performing it in full on tour this yr, they usually’re additionally placing out a remastered reissue and an album with covers of each tune on the album referred to as American Soccer (Covers). The Iron & Wine cowl of “By no means Meant” is out now, and the album additionally options contributions by Manchester Orchestra, Ethel Cain, Blondshell, Yvette Younger (of Covet), John McEntire (of Tortoise and the Sea and Cake), and extra.
“When the primary Iron & Wine file got here out, it threaded the needle between Townes Van Zandt and Elliott Smith,” says American Soccer’s Steve Holmes. “It felt as if Nick Drake grew up with us listening to Fugazi earlier than pivoting to creating bed room artwork people. In different phrases, it was precisely what we might have been making if our first file got here out after we had been 28 as an alternative of twenty-two. Sam Beam is an unimaginable songwriter and interpreter of tune, and it’s past flattering that he would take the time to interpret certainly one of ours.”
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Beam, who recorded the tune with producer Brad Prepare dinner (Waxahatchee, Bon Iver), provides, “My neighbor Brad Prepare dinner and I’ve been circling one another hoping to work on one thing for a bit. After I was requested about this undertaking, it felt like the right alternative. Particularly a tune that I knew meant loads to American Soccer’s followers. Honored to be a part of this and hoping we did it justice.”
Watch the video for Iron & Wine’s “By no means Meant” cowl, directed by Alec Basse and Max Moore, and hearken to the remastered model of “By no means Meant” beneath, alongside an inventory of all upcoming tour dates.
American Soccer (Covers) paintings:
LP1 twenty fifth Anniversary Version paintings:
American Soccer (Covers) tracklist
1. Iron & Wine – “By no means Meant”
2. Blondshell – “The Summer time Ends”
3. Novo Amor & Lowswimmer – “Truthfully?”
4. Ethel Cain – “For Certain”
5. Yvette Younger – “You Know I Ought to Be Leaving Quickly”
6. Woman Extremely – “However the Regrets Are Killing Me”
7. M.A.G.S. – “I’ll See You When We’re Each Not So Emotional”
8. Manchester Orchestra – “Keep House”
9. John McEntire – “The One With the Wurlitzer”
American Soccer 2024 tour dates
09/11 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock Metropolis #
09/12 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom #
09/13 – Bristol, UK @ SWX #
09/14 – London, UK @ Roundhouse # [SOLD OUT]
09/27 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Corridor % [SOLD OUT]
09/28 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Corridor ^ [SOLD OUT]
10/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ Greatest Mates Eternally Pageant
10/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre ~ [SOLD OUT]
10/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre * [SOLD OUT]
10/24 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre !
10/25 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre + [SOLD OUT]
10/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw # [SOLD OUT]
10/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw = [SOLD OUT]
11/16 – Mexico Metropolis, Mexico @ Corona Capital Pageant
# w/ Hiya Mary
% w/ BNNY
^ w/ Wishy
~ w/ Yvette Younger
* w/ M.A.G.S.
! w/ Candy Tablet
+ w/ Aunt Katrina
= w/ IAN SWEET
