It's not often that a group or artist releases a self-titled record 5 albums into their career. Eponymous albums are usually reserved for debuts, but for The Ladybug Transistor this new record is a debut of sorts. For the first time in their career the Ladybugs ventured out from their home studio in the Marlborough Farms section of Brooklyn, NY and traveled cross-country to Wavelab studios in Tucson, AZ to record with Craig Schumacher. The band arrived in Arizona with a fully realized batch of songs, having refined their new compositions on the road through tours in both the U.S. and Europe. Having worked with the likes of Calexico, Giant Sand, Neko Case and Richard Buckner, Schumacher brought a fresh ear and new vision to the Ladybug Transistor sound.