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Back in October, we reported that a promo CD for The Walled Off Hotel appeared on Discogs. Initially just a listing, it wasn't long before the album was offered for sale, listed on Discogs for $2,000. The listing came and went a few times, but earlier this month, it became apparent that a member of the fan community had spent the money, and shared the previously unreleased track "Separation Anxiety" along with a link to a collection of charities specific to Gaza and Palestine, especially appropriate given the Walled Off Hotel's location in Bethlehem.

When the seller got wind of this call to charitable donation, they went ahead and leaked the album, along with questionably sourced instrumental versions of Bad Witch and Not The Actual Events. You can follow the entire saga across a nine-year-old thread on Echoing the Sound, and you can listen to the entire album on YouTube. There are downloadable lossless versions out there, but having been raised in the era of record label lawsuits, that's all I'll say about that here.

There was speculation that the unexpected release of the album was tied to the date on the commemorative ticket stubs being given out on the Peel It Back 2026 tour, but that date just indicated the last day of the tour. The leak of The Walled Off Hotel being the same day is just a strange coincidence.

As mentioned on NINwiki, Trent and Atticus were proud of this album, and still had plans in 2018 to release it on vinyl, but a lot has happened since then. Perhaps now that Interscope is back in the picture, an official release will see the light of day before counterfeit pressings hit the streets.