Fresh from recording their debut albumlast year with Producer Clif Magness, Ivy Lies are adding extra production and mixing with Malcolm Welsford and Bruce Swedien.

Swedien is a five-time Grammy winner and best known for his work with Micahel Jackson and Quincy Jones.

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