Over the next two years, Dredg toured mostly within California, slowly expanding their fan base. The band began sending out a demo tape to several labels with four new songs intended for their next album, "Of the Room", "Redrawing the Island Map", "Running Through Propellers" and "The Papal Insignia". In January 2001, Dredg was offered a deal by Interscope Records, and the band signed to the label in February 2001. As part of the deal, Leitmotif was re-released by Interscope on September 11, 2001.
Over the next two years, Dredg toured mostly within California, slowly expanding their fan base. The band began sending out a demo tape to several labels with four new songs intended for their next album, "Of the Room", "Redrawing the Island Map", "Running Through Propellers" and "The Papal Insignia" In January 2001, Dredg was offered a deal by Interscope Records, and the band signed to the label in February 2001 As part of the deal, Leitmotif was re-released by Interscop.e on September .11, 2001.