Pics from our record release in-store @ Digital Ferret

Check 'em out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/parasitk/sets/72157604801260671/

Oh, and happy holidays!

The Sick Are Not Healing is out now!

http://music.iparasite.net/album/the-sick-are-not-healing

Click the link above to purchase your copy of The Sick Are Not Healing – either as a $10 USD (+ shipping) CD package (manually printed on a letterpress and hand assembled) or as a name-your-price ($6 USD minimum) digital download (in your choice of MP3, AAC, FLAC, and more). A CD purchase includes an immediate download!

Please help us out by telling EVERYONE about the new album - please post about it on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, tell people in meat space – where ever you can!

And remember we'll be performing a FREE in-store to support the release at Digital Ferret in Philadelphia on Friday, December 18. We'll have copies of the album, as well as our new t-shirts, posters, etc.

We have interviews coming up, as well as more live performances in 2010. Thank you everyone for your support!

Listen to The Sick Are Not Healing

Goes on sale tonight at midnight (Tuesday, December 15).

http://music.iparasite.net

Puchasing The Sick Are Not Healing

Over the last week or so I've been asked numerous times about where/how they can purchase a copy of The Sick Are Not Healing.

So here's the deal. The album is/will be available from only three sources as of next week:

1) Our music store (as of Tuesday, December 15): http://music.iparasite.net
2) Storming The Base (Canada): http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9372
3) Digital Ferret (Philadelphia; as of the 18th when we play there and drop off CDs): http://www2.mailordercentral.com/isotank/prodinfo.asp?number=36499-2

We will be adding more places as we get the distribution thing going, including perhaps Amazon and similar. But at this point the avenues that are available are indie and need your support more than the big companies, so we recommend you buy from one of us!

Digitally right now you will only be able to purchase a download from http://music.iparasite.net. All CD purchases from our music store include an immediate download at no additional charge. We'll look into adding it to iTunes Store, but honestly, it's a much better deal to buy a download from us, plus you'll be supporting us directly (and not middlemen), getting your choice of formats, etc.

If you run a music store/mail order/web shop and are interested in carrying The Sick Are Not Healing, please contact me (Chris) at iparasite at iparasite dot net. Thanks!

Assembling packages for The Sick Are Not Healing

We spent yesterday and today folding and gluing the first 100 copies of The Sick Are Not Healing. I made little time lapse videos with a web cam. Check 'em out:

Folding 100 packages in six hours:


Gluing 100 packages in four hours:


A good portion of these are for our donating supporters. Some will go to stores/mail-order places like Storming The Base and Digital Ferret. The other 100 packages I printed will be assembled early next week for general sales in our online shop + for our show at Digital Ferret on the 18th.

Printing The Sick Are Not Healing

Today I went down to The Arm NYC, a letterpress studio in Brooklyn, and printed 200 packages for The Sick Are Not Healing on a 1968 Vandercook Universal I letterpress. Shikhee (of Android Lust) came with me and photo-documented the occasion.

View the entire set (plus other TSANH related photos):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/parasitk/sets/72157622969630858/

I, Parasite - The Sick Are Not Healing | December 15, 2009

So it's about time we officially announce that The Sick Are Not Healing is almost complete and will be released on December 15, 2009! After years of work, and the generous donations of fans all over the world, we're proud to have this album become a reality! Thank all of you for your patience and generosity over these tough couple of years. I wish I could have gotten this to you sooner, but right now I'm just happy it's getting out into the world at all in a fashion I feel is respectful to the music!

So here's the scoop. We are in the final stages of printing the packaging. The insert is currently being printed, and we're making an appointment to print the packages on a vintage letterpress. Then we just need to assemble the packages, and get them into your hands. On the release day, the album will also be available in our Digital Store as a download (in MP3, AAC, or better yet: FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, or Apple Lossless). Also, you can now order our CDs from the digital store (which will soon be renamed to simply "Music Store") and you get the download for free instantly!

We will also have copies available (as well as shirts and posters) at our free in-store performance at Digital Ferret on December 18 in Philadelphia, PA.

I'm also really pleased to tell you that Storming The Base in Canada is now accepting pre-orders for the album here: http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9372

A note to all who donated: We will be sending you a complimentary copy of the CD as soon as the packages are assembled. Also on December 15 will will be emailing you download codes so you can download and listen to the album while you wait for the CD to be delivered.

Thank you all again!