Technology Is a Dead Bird is the only studio album by the band Mars Argo, released on November 6, 2009 independently through Bandcamp and later iTunes.
[1] An instrumental version of the album was released the following month to Bandcamp on December 11, 2009, with the intention of being used by aspiring YouTubers as background music for their videos.
[2] A promotional EP containing acoustic renditions originally uploaded on YouTube, titled Internet Sessions, was released on August 18, 2010.
[6] Starting in early 2009, the band frequently uploaded demos of new songs to the website Muxtape, providing a preview for the album to come.
[7] The first album trailer was released to their YouTube channel on July 10, 2009, simultaneously acting as an official music video for the introduction "The Singularity Is Near".