Believable yet fake Justice track dominates Internet

As I'm sure many of you know, one of my favorite bands, if not most favorite, is the French duo known as Justice.  A few days ago I was browsing my favorite music blogs and stumbled on a track that was supposedly released by Justice.  The track titled, "The Beginning Of The End", turned out to be a hoax created and sent by a hacker who fabricated a fake email account (promo@edbangerrecords.com) and sent it to numerous blogs.  What has ensued is endless commentary and debate about the issues of validity with the Internet as well as misinformed opinions regarding the return of Justice and their quality of work.

Granted, this hoax does have a sound similar to Justice productions but it shows no progression if it were really their work.  To be honest, it sounds like something they would make on a lazy Sunday in 2006, twenty minutes after deciding to make music for a living. Even the work on their first album surpasses the quality of "The Beginning Of The End", and their most recent real work, "Planisphere," is far more complex and stunning than this fake.  It's unfortunate to read blog comments and see people who actually think this was a true Justice release just because the Internet said so (before Ed Banger and Justice made a statement to correct this).  Just because there are certain elements reminiscent of a Justice track does not mean it was made by them, more importantly it certainly does not mean Justice is easy to replicate.  This hoax was a good attempt but would have required a lot more work to truly compare.

On the plus side, all this talk has moved Justice into the number one spot as the most blogged about band according to the aggregator, Hype Machine.  This has kicked Phoenix out of the number one position, something I'm sure causes added chaos and debate with different fans and groups of web surfers.  I think it really says something about Justice when a fake track can be released and it can stir up the Internet community to such an extreme. Cannot wait for the next album.

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