Hi OTB,

On behalf of Merge Records and Spoon, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of “Transference” on your site (or any non-preview tracks from Spoon's new album – street date 18th Jan UK /19th Jan US).

We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Spoon, but the label 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 and label's wishes and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then a full length version of “Written in Reverse” is available for fans and bloggers to post / host / share etc at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1... … .. for further details of the new album, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the band's official site at http://www.spoontheband.com and keep an eye on official sources for details of further Spoon news, preview material and on-line promotions.

As a special, New Year's gesture to fans and bloggers, an exclusive preview stream of the full album is now available via NPR Music's Exclusive First Listen series at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1... … .. this is for hyper-linking ONLY and for streaming by fans directly off NPR, so please reciprocate this goodwill gesture by NOT ripping or embedding these files.

As you will appreciate, this post is written on a without prejudice basis and, as such, all of our clients' accumulated, worldwide rights
and remedies remain strictly reserved : please excuse this required formality.

With Thanks & Regards,

WEB SHERIFF