Hi CajoleJuice,

On behalf of Beggars, 4AD and The National, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of “High Violet” on your site (or any non-preview tracks from the newly released album by The National).

We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting The National, but the labels and artist would greatly appreciate your co-operation in removing your links to the pirate files in question.

Thank you for respecting the artist’s wishes and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then a full length, high quality version of “BloodBuzz Ohio” is available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc from http://www.highviolet.com/thenational_bloodbuzzohio.mp3 and “Afraid of Everyone” is now also available from http://www.soundcloud.com/ninasles/afraid-of-everyone-the-national … .. for further details of the new album, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the band’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/thenational and YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/beggars … .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.

Also and as a goodwill gesture to fans and bloggers, an exclusive preview stream of the full album is currently available via KCRW “On Demand” at http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/ap/ap100503the_national_high_vi … .. this is for hyper-linking only and so that fans can stream directly off KCRW, so please reciprocate this goodwill gesture by NOT ripping and re-hosting these files. Last, but not least, keep an eye on pitchfork.com/tv/ for the “Castle Rock Sessions” featuring live versions of tracks off “High Violet”.

With Thanks & Regards,

WEB SHERIFF