She came to prominence with a series of contributions to diverse bands, including Cibo Matto, Gorillaz, the Beastie Boys, and Smokey & Miho before working entirely as a solo performer.

The album was distributed in the United States one year later on 24 October 2006 under the Rykodisc label.

I grew up near a river where there were a lot of pear fields and every summer I went out to pick up cicada shells.

When the cicadas do ecdysis, the shells they leave behind are brown, but they emerge with a beautiful, glistening green color that's impossible to describe.

Ecdysis was an honest word to describe what I was feeling as it evolved.I put a lot of insect sounds and images into the songs because I don't want to cut my connection with nature.