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​With the recession and all, the days of  music writers' snail mail boxes getting stuffed daily with press kits is pretty much over. Most labels and publicists send private download links these days, which is actually an excellent idea. Promo CDs are just going to get put on a music media geek's iPod or computer anyways, and it saves all the envelope-tearing and physical sorting on the receiver's end. Plus, of course, it's green and all that.

The occasional CD still arrives in real-life form, though, but because the majors and large indies have all gone digital, what usually arrives is from the realm of, well, super-indies. Or, more often, from the realm of  WTF?

As such, we bring you a new feature, Mailbox Horrors, examining the strangest, funniest, or most embarrassing nuggets sent over to Crossfade HQ. We'll consider e-mail submissions, too, if they arrive bearing a particularly awkward idea or piece of artwork. If you've seen a particularly horrendous or lulz-worthy new release, feel free to e-mail us some info -- that counts as a mailbox arrival for our purposes.

Hit the jump for this week's "winners."
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