Leitmotif is the debut studio album by American rock band Dredg.

The newer case features the uniform brown paper package with white text as pictured, to the lower right, with only the phrase "We live like penguins in the desert.

printed on the inner sleeve; a phrase used in the lyrics to Triangle on Dredg's next album, El Cielo.

Leitmotif was produced and engineered by Dredg and Travis Crenshaw, and was recorded at Brilliant Studios in San Francisco, CA.

[5] In addition, the band performed the album in its entirety during the tour dates surrounding the anniversary.