The band recorded the album at the Hive Creative Labs and Lemon Loaf Studios in Vancouver. Hive Creative Labs was larger and more advanced than the studios in which the band had recorded their previous albums. They recorded 16 songs total during the sessions, including the 13 songs listed on the final album, the unlisted track "The Future Is the Past," and the outtakes "Perambulate" and "Black Silhouette." ("Perambulate" was later released on "Tour EP 2" (2010).) The tracks were mixed at Hipposonic Studios and mastered at Gotham City Studios.