Sub Pop goofed and streamed Sleater-Kinney's new LP three weeks early

23 December 2014, 11:11 | Written by Laurence Day

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Sleater-Kinney's hotly-anticipated reunion record No Cities To Love is sure to dominate the New Year upon its release on 19 January, but Sub Pop accidentally jumped the gun and gave everyone who pre-ordered it from Mega Mart a full stream of it yesterday (22 December).

The soon retracted the stream, noticing their error, but the album was reportedly available to hear for a few hours.

In an email apologising for their goof, Sub Pop owned up and told pre-orderers that the album will be available for a full (and deliberate) stream 13 January:

“Please accept our apologies for adding April Fools’ to the already overlong list of holidays celebrated in December. When you pre-ordered the Sleater-Kinney album No Cities to Love from our website, you may have read that an advance stream of the album would be made available today, December 22nd. While we have every intention of giving you early access to that stream, the truth is we made an error in granting that access today. We wish we could blame an elite squad of foreign hackers bent on disrupting our meticulously planned release but the truth is we just messed up. We hope you enjoyed your brief holiday taste of this incredible album. We look forward to sharing this album stream with you again on a more permanent basis on January 13th.”

Read the email in full below.