This has to be one of the strangest press releases I have ever seen:

From RED SPAROWES:

“As some of you may have heard, the limited, colored vinyl of Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun that was exclusive to Neurot Recordings was sold out before it actually went on sale. Unfortunately someone managed to hack into the Neurot Recordings webstore and gain access to this item before it was available. To make things worse, this person actually posted a link to the hidden section of the Neurot Recordings webstore on a forum, which allowed anyone to purchase this item.

‚ÄúWe realize how frustrating this is for the fans that were patiently waiting for the sale. To remedy this situation, Neurot Recordings is refunding everyone that ordered the album using the illegal link and *all copies will go back on sale as they were intended*. In other words, don’t worry if you’ve been waiting anxiously to get the record, you’ll still get your chance.

“We apologize to anyone that ordered the record thinking that the link was valid. We hope that you understand that, by ordering the album before it was actually for sale, you basically cut in front of a line of people that were waiting to purchase this item. Although you may not have realized this at the time, we ask you to understand that we must sell the record in a way that will be fair to everyone. When the record officially goes on sale you will have a chance to purchase it along with everyone else.

“To the person who posted the illegal link: We hope you understand how much additional work and frustration this has caused, not only to us, Red Sparowes, but to our good friends at Neurot Recordings.”

Neurot recordings has also issued the disclaimer on its Web site that these sales of the colored vinyl will be limited to one per customer. “As with previous ultra-limited items, the band wishes to give as many people as possible a chance to order,” the label states. “All orders over and above one copy will be refunded, i.e. Рyou will be charged for one copy and you will receive one copy.”

- Hacking into a label’s online store in order to score HOTTTT vinyl? Intense.