[The Horrible Esthete]

does anyone here realize how cool the Hip have been to us "FANS" over the years? How many FREE good quality bootlegs do we all have because they are taper friendly?? Nobody is getting screwed. Pay for the damn songs.

AGREED!

AGREED x 2!

If we all just chillaaaax and wait for more details, I'm sure we'll find that we will all have an opportunity to get any bonus tracks in a fair and legitimate manner. And if not, well....

....we'll all survive, right?

[Bobkajun]

Actually Thornley's new album Tiny Pictures came with an itunes pre-order bonus track too called "Straight To Hell".


Anyway ... logged on to say I heard Love Is A First on the radio for the first time this morning and fukn LOVED IT ! :thumb:

Can't wait to hear the rest of the album

[longseason]

Hey guys — will the album be in iTunes Plus?

If so, I'll pre-order; if not, I'll wait until I can find it elsewhere.

Still haven't heard the single, though!

[daylight]

Hey guys — will the album be in iTunes Plus?

Seems to be. Small silver lining, at least.

[chris]

Still haven't heard the single, though!

It's streaming on thehip.com along with Morning Moon.

[Graham]

I feel a little screwed too.

I have to preorder to get a "bonus track", that means I will end up paying full price for an album I don't ultimately WANT. That is to say, I would rather have the actual CD. But the "bonus track" doesn't come with the CD. I have to pay for the album twice. I'd say that counts as "screwed."

It's just that we're all head-over-heals in love with the Hip that we all don't mind paying twice anyways. I hate this bonus track garbage, and don't mind admitting, that for every other band, I do not pay twice. Pirate Bay is my bonus track friend.

Thehip.com stated to stay tuned to the website for more album pre-sale options on Monday. My interpretation of that statement is the bonus track will be available in other ways. I believe that Hush will be a bonus track on the actual CD in addition to the 12 album tracks. Possibly the purchase of the CD may give you access to download the track from a website as was done with IVL (e.g. Forest Edge, Problem Bears...).

See now that would be cool. If "Hush" is actually on the CD and is only an iTunes "bonus", or if somehow we are able to download the track on it's own. Kind of like new vinyls you buy now have a code included with them for a free download of the album. That's the way to go IMO.