From 2004 - 2006, Leland produced and mixed nearly all of the tracks for Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: a Toast to Oingo Boingo, which was released by Dep't of Records, an independent record label that Leland co-founded with Matt Robesh, and eventually merged with Mars Sound, a production-for-hire company that Leland co-founded with Skot Gilbert and former Sunflower Sutra bandmate Jeff Zipfel.

Most notably among the artists appearing on the album was Brett Dennen, whose cover of Danny Elfman's Private Life was simply sublime, and was recorded remotely by Leland and Skot in a spare bedroom in a house.

Visit Dep't of Records for more information on the album.