 Initially, Sperber was asked to sing for one track, but subsequent work led them to write and record together exclusively for the project, making Sperber the lead singer of Ladybirds.Pursel and Sperber met at a Creep Records basement studio in Pennsylvania to finish the recording of "Regional Community Theater" in January 2007.It was released by Creep Records on 18 September 2007, and was digitally reissued by Mint 400 Records on 5 July 2011.