Having been prematurely leaked on to the internet, Wilco have decided to stream Wilco (The Album) free of charge on beta.wilcoworld.net/records/thealbum/index.php ahead of its official June 26 release.
“Well, we made it nearly a month with copies floating around out there before it leaked,” reads a band communiqué. “Pretty impressive restraint in this day and age, but the inevitable happened last night. Since we know you're curious and probably have better things to do than scour the internet for a download (though we do understand the attraction of the illicit), we've posted a stream of the full album... Feel free to refer to it as Wilco (The Stream) if you must.”
The band are also asking those who’ve illegally downloaded it to make a donation to the Inspiration Corporation, which helps low-

income and homeless individuals in Chicago, and resides at inspirationcorp.org.
The band play Vicar St., Dublin on August 27 and 28.