Ed Droste, frontman of Grizzly Bear, knows a thing or two about leaks. He infamously leaked a track from Animal Collective's masterpiece Merriweather Post Pavilion that came out earlier this year. But now that it has leaked and the shoe is on the other foot, it sounds like Droste is of two minds about it all. One one hand, he knew it would leak -"Realistically speaking, it's probably going to leak" - that's him from a Pitchfork interview less than a month ago. But on the other, Droste would like his fans to implement a little of the honesty policy and wait until the record comes out.
"So yeah, it leaked. I'm happy people are loving it. Makes me smile! Just
remember it's not a top notch sonic example. So keep that in mind."but later on his blog he explains
"I have conflicting opinions about it, as it's really complicated, but ultimately it saddens me that a bummer-quality version of Veckatimest is going around. Please consider putting your energies into a pre-order or into waiting till May 26 for the album the way we intend it to be presented."
All of this can be found in Pitchfork's article about GB's summer tour , I just wanted to re-post it on my blog for posterity, and because I find it interesting.
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