The Walkmen Release You & Me Early for Charity

The Walkmen have decided to release their highly anticipated new album You & Me exclusively through Amie Street as part of the website’s new Download To Make A Difference campaign.  Amie Street is definitely one of the more innovative music sites to emerge in the last couple of years and their Download To Make A Difference campaign is no different. 

The way it works is You & Me will be sold for a period of three weeks, prior to its official release, at the special price of $5. For each album purchased Amie Street will donate $5 to a cause of personal significance to The Walkmen.  Specifically, "All donations go to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Luca Vasallo, a friend to the band and a current patient who is seven months old and doing a great job fighting a very difficult disease,” said Peter Bauer of The Walkmen. “This is a very good organization that certainly deserves the attention.”

The You & Me exclusive pre-release marks the second major release for the Download To Make A Difference campaign, which gives people the chance to support important causes by downloading new music.  To download You & Me and give $5 to a great cause go to AmieStreet.com/thewalkmen now!  The album is really wonderful and is worth every penny especially when you consider it will go to such a great cause.

• The Walkmen - "In The New Year" from You & Me