 In December 2010, the band began composing songs together for the first time. They announced on December 20 that they would go to Orlando, Florida to record a full-length debut album over a period of two months with a tentative release date of the first quarter of 2011. The eleven song tracklist was released soon after. With the help of Executive Producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, mixing and tracking for the album concluded on April 2, 2011. Speaking about working with Baskette as producer, Radke said, "The dude ’ s a genius, he really is. I don ’ t know if he ’ s under the radar or anything, but the guy knows what he ’ s doing. He ’ s a vocalist guy. That ’ s why me and him get along so well."
