Funk pioneers ESG have urged fans not to buy their Moody EP which was released for Record Store Day, describing the new artwork as "garbage."

The 12" was released in the UK by Fire Records as part of this Saturday's Record Store Day. However the artwork for the EP, which included tracks from ESG's 1981 debut and an unreleased version of 'Moody', was not approved by the band.

In a Facebook post, Renee Scroggins wrote, "It has been brought to my attention that this 'Moody EP' is being released for 'record store day' in the UK. We do not support in any way this piece of garbage/rubbish! It looks as is someone took the classic ESG artwork and puked it on a canvas, after being as sickened as I am about this release! This is no how admiration or a respectful tribute to the bands' legacy [sic]. Do not support this travesty and batent disrepect of ESG!"

Listen to ESG 'Moody' below

Things got a little confrontational when Fire Records director James Nicholls waded into the debate in the comments section, "Well this isnt the full picture. Fire purchased the rights to do this for a very large sum. This new version of the EP was actually in Time Outs, NMEs, Mixmags RSD Picks but Renee doesnt like the artwork, which i actually thought she had approved (a mistake i apologised about 999 times for)."

He continued, "Bit of a mess really, but John did design the other reissues that she was fine with, and which have, like this EP, been well received ('Best New Reissue' on Pitchfork). This all actually happened because I offered to do merch for her at the London show, and give her the entire proceeds to sales of this record on the night, and she took that as treading on her turf, which i totally understand now....and she has made that point very strongly indeed."

ESG released their fifth album, Closure, in 2013. The sisters played Bloc Festival in March.