Hi VaV,

On behalf of XL Recordings and Vampire Weekend, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of “Contra” on your site (or any non-preview tracks from Vampire Weekend’s new album – street date 11th Jan UK & 12th Jan US).

We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Vampire Weekend, 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 “Horchata” is available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc at http://www.vampireweekend.com … .. for further details of the new album, on-line promotions, videos and 2009 / 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the band’s Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend and XL’s YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/XLRecordings http://www.youtube.com/user/XLRecordings .. .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.

With Thanks & Regards,

WEB SHERIFF