It has, I regret to say, come to my attention that one of my reviews has copied and used in conjunction with a leak of an advanced copy of the new De Staat album. I would like to make a statement regarding this not only on behalf of myself but on behalf of SonicAbuse as a site.
SonicAbuse do NOT support, condone or engage in internet piracy. We have been running for just over six months in which time the music that has been entrusted to us has remained safely within our grasp. The De Staat album was provided to us on one CD which has not left my flat, even to be shared with other writers, and it has not been uploaded to my PC even for personal use. I can, therefore say with 100% certainty that the copy posted on the internet has nothing to do with myself or the SonicAbuse organisation. Furthermore, anyone who reads our site on a regular basis will know that we are strong advocates of physical formats – as a music fan (and, indeed, a musician) I don’t enjoy MP3s as I consider them to be an inferior product to vinyl and CD and I certainly have no interest in furthering their spread by legal or illegal means.
I would also like to point out that the material on this site is copyright. Whoever copied, pasted and used my review as part of their illegal release of the De Staat album did so without my permission, knowledge or consent and I’d like to make it explicitly clear to readers and musicians alike that SonicAbuse do not share review material with anyone and the fact that someone has used our work to support an illegal download is a matter of deep concern both to me and to the writers on the site.
I would like to unequivocally distance myself and SonicAbuse from illegal file sharing and I would also like to say that I have submitted my personal details voluntarily to the record label concerned so as to quickly and completely absolve SonicAbuse of any involvement in this matter.
I'm a self-confessed musical nut with an eclectic taste ranging from lo-fi indie to crushing heavy metal. I also make a blizzard of noise in my band Final Coil (recently seen deafening audiences in the midlands area). I also like cheese. Cheese is possibly the single greatest food (if one excludes bacon). Sometimes I write songs about cheese... but not often 
