Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your stocking stuffer of music news and

cultural indignation. I'm your host Ben Ratliff.

Every breaking way on the shore

till the next one there'll be one more

and every gambler knows that to lose

is what you're really there for

summer else fears.

We're listening to every breaking wave from U2's 13th record, Sons of Innocence, which I had an innocent reaction of wonder and amazement when I found it in my purchased folder this morning in my iTunes

library.

Noting that you had not been billed for it, however.

I had not been billed for it, neither did I ask for it. But there it was.

Is it a gift or is it spam?

Well, tell us what happened.

You do want to be heard worldwide. They've done a lot of Apple stuff before. Apple basically gave it to everyone

with iTunes. Right. Which is kind of different from the Jay-Z. You have to have a Samsung

to get this record. and it's also different from the

Trent Reznor here fans this one's on me this is on Apple Apple paid for it but I don't. Apple paid for it.

But I don't think Apple paid for the recording process, etc.

I have the feeling it was,

this is YouTube statement.

This isn't like an Apple promo.

This is the statement you two's been laboring over for three to five years.

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