Iqembu laseMelika Cabanga Dragons ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yesibili ngoLwesibili olwedlule (17) ngaphansi kwegama elithi 'Smoke + Mirrors'. Lo msebenzi omusha uza ngemuva kwempumelelo eyatholwa ngombhalo wakhe wokuqala, i-'Night Visions', eyanyatheliswa ngoSepthemba 2012, i-albhamu eyazuza isikhundla sesine phakathi kwabathengisi abahamba phambili e-US ngo-2013, nokuthi nge-single' Radioactive 'iwine I-Grammy ye-Best Rock Performance ngo-2014.
Kusuka ku-albhamu entsha 'Intuthu + Izibuko', iqembu lase-Las Vegas lase likhiphe izingoma zokukhangisa ezintathu ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula: 'I Bet My Life' ngo-Okthoba, 'Igolide' maphakathi no-December, kanye 'Nezithombe' ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari. Eyokuqala engashadile, 'Ngibheja impilo yami', ibe nomthelela omkhulu ku-YouTube lapho izuze ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-11.
I-'Smoke + Mirrors' yakhiqizwa amalungu eqembu kanye nomdidiyeli waseBrithani U-Alex Da Kid. Umsindo walo msebenzi omusha ufana nowokukhiqizwa kwangaphambilini, nakuba abalandeli beqembu bengabona umehluko othile i-Imagine Dragons ekwazile ukufeza ukuhlukahluka okukhulu kanye nokusha ezingomeni ezintsha njengoba kushiwo ekukhululweni kwabezindaba. . Umsebenzi omusha ukhishwe ngenguqulo evamile, njenge-CD (amathrekhi angu-13), inguqulo ye-deluxe (ihlanganisa amathrekhi ebhonasi angu-4) kanye nenguqulo ye-2-CD super deluxe enamathrekhi angu-8 engeziwe futhi ekugcineni inguqulo ye-vinyl.