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Normally, when a band makes an album and it leaks online, they have a tendency to get upset. The label rushes to change the release date earlier so people will still go and buy the record and the band gets cheated out of money they could have made due to people downloading it illegally. It’s not fun for any band.

Then you have the case of indie-rockers MGMT. Their new album, Congratulations, which isn’t hitting record stores until April 13th and is one of the more hyped up albums of the year. Recently, however, the record made its way online via a leak and people already have it on their iPod for free. But did this upset the Brooklyn, NY boys? Not at all.

MGMT has streamed the album online at their official website so now it’s available for everyone to check out. The band even addressed the leak with a message on the site.

“Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us.”

Good to know that these guys are taking it in stride and making the most of what is, normally, an upsetting situation. So go to the site, listen to it as often as you want and then support their kind gesture by going out and buying the record.

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