When they first appeared in the early 2000s, Ladytron combined the fundamentals of classic synth pop -- crystalline melodies enveloped in icy textures and rippling arpeggios -- with touches of indie pop, shoegaze, disco, and industrial music, and conjured distinctly different moods on each album, spanning the hook-laden simplicity of 2001's 604 to the darker feel of 2005's landmark Witching Hour to 2011's meditative Gravity the Seducer. They bridged the gap between synth pop's original '80s heyday and its renaissance in the 2010s. Following their critically acclaimed debut 604, their Los Angeles recorded follow up, Light & Magic, a darker, more streamlined set of songs including the single Seventeen was released in 2002. It reached number seven on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Their third album Witching Hour released in 2005, was another critical success, led by single Destroy Everything You Touch” 2008's Velocifero recorded in Paris reached number three on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and marked the band's debut on Billboard's 200 Albums chart. Ladytron performed at the invitation of Brian Eno at the Sydney Opera House in 2009. They produced and co-wrote two songs that appeared on Bionic, the 2010 album by Christina Aguilera. Following a hiatus after 2011’s Gravity the Seducer, in 2016 they began work on their eponymous sixth album; which reached number ten on Billboard's Independent Albums Chart.