Talking of albums appearing on the internet, though this time unofficially, the Mars Volta are appealing to fans to ignore pre-release copies of their forthcoming album which have appeared in the internet and, if they are in a position to do so, to remove them.
On the online leaking of new album 'Frances The Mute', the band and their label have issued the following statement: "The collective GSL staff and certain members of the band think what you are doing is fucked. You should honor the band's wishes and take the songs down. Leaks suck, and are an unfortunate evil of the Internet. It sucks even more when it's such a bad copy as what is being passed around right now. As much as the hype that's swept over the internet for this release is amazing, no one wished anyone to hear such an amazing album in such piss-poor quality this side of the 70s."
So that's you told.