Lyric discussion by voldermania 

I sent a message in a bottle to the press It said, "Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves"

Until reading the above comments I never thought of this as being directed at the press - rather I understood it as the message being given to the press with the idea that they would distribute it. I'm positive that that's not the intended meaning, but, well...

^^ I still think this is the intended meaning and Pitchfork have got it completely wrong. Your interpretation is a lot less ambiguous so is probably the correct one.

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