Suptic laid down his guitar parts in August while both the New Amsterdams and Reggie were on tour. Pryor later recorded piano, for "The Dark Night of the Soul", and backing vocals, for "Holy Roman", at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. Pryor and Rob Pope recorded a drum machine and vocals for "Is There a Way Out" in the basement of Pope's house. Rob and Ryan Pope recorded bar noise for "Martyr Me" at The Free State Brewery. Jeremy Goldstein, who worked at Quadrant 5 Studios, did sound manipulation on "The Dark Night of the Soul". Recording wrapped up in October with 58 days in total spent recording; 18 songs had been tracked altogether. Shortly afterwards, Rose mixed the recordings. After the track sequence was approved by Vagrant Records, it was sent off for mastering by Mike Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios in October and November.