Laptop-rapper MC Lars encapsulated with surgical accuracy what it meant to be in a band in 2006 with the above song and clip, the tale of the sub-meteoric rise and subsequent fall of the fictional emo band Hearts That Hate (the genius lies in making the chorus of the song the chorus of the fake band's song. Are you following?)

Lars has a new album coming out next Tuesday titled This Gigantic Robot Kills, and like many artists who aren't quite making a fortune selling records, he's fine with people downloading it. Talking to Spin about the book The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution, "it treats the music model as water as opposed to a physical thing. When you pay for water, you get a certain amount of water. You don't pay per drop."

Okay, Lars -- time to bittorrent your new album.