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Pre-order Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks new album ‘Real Emotional Trash’ through Aboveground and you will not only become part of Matador’s Buy Early Get Now Fifth Pre-Order Promotion, BUT you will also receive: - A stream of the entire new album NOW- An exclusive b-side NOW- A Full live show download (recorded live at Doug Fir in Portland on 12/21/07) AND...All other b-sides and/or exclusive tracks related to this record (posted on the BEGN site 90 days after street date.)- A Real Emotional Trash poster. It’s very easy, just pre-order the album with us on whichever format you prefer, CD or LP, and within a day, you will be emailed a confirmation and directions to get the all of thegoods. That’s it. Pre-order ‘Real Emotional Trash’ now and you’ll have your downloads and album stream within a day!

So to re-cap: all you have to do is write or call us here at Aboveground w/your full name and valid e-mail address, and Matador will send you the code to start listening once we've relayed your info to them. On release date, Tuesday March 4th, you can come pay for and pick-up your lp or cd and a complimentary poster. Please contact us w/any questions. This promotion is much more streamlined and straight forward than the New Pornographers one!