Editing 100 Broken Windows (section)

==Background and production==
Idlewild released their debut studio album ''[[Hope Is Important]]'' in October 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/hope-is-important-mr0001175440|title=Hope Is Important - Idlewild {{!}} Release Info|publisher=AllMusic|author=Wilson, Mackenzie|accessdate=24 February 2019|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708085209/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/hope-is-important-mr0001175440|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at number 53 in the UK, while all of its four singles appeared on the [[UK Singles Chart]], with "When I Argue I See Shapes" reaching the highest at number 24.<ref name=UKhistory>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4007/idlewild/|title=Idlewild {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=5 July 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628032150/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4007/idlewild/|url-status=live}}</ref> The band wrote and recorded their next album in sections during their 120-date promotional tour for ''Hope Is Important''. While writing the album, he revisited [[Scottish folk music]] that he had grown up listening to prior to discarding it for nosier forms of music, as well as [[American rock]].<ref name=Skinnydecade/> Between May and November 1999, recording sessions were held at [[Air Lyndhurst|AIRm Studios]] in London, Jacob's Studio in Surrey, [[Rockfield Studios]] in Wales, and [[Electrical Audio]] in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=1BWbooklet/>

Woomble had been enamored with bands such as [[June of 44]] and [[Slint (band)|Slint]]; Idlewild contacted [[Bob Weston]] and sent him some demos. Weston, who liked the demos, went to London to work with the band.<ref name=DISre/> Woomble said they had worked on a few tracks, "but they were just so weird, and we weren't ready for that". The band wanted direction, which they felt they were unable to due to Weston taking more of an engineer role instead of a producer.<ref name=DISre/> As their label [[Food Records]] disliked those songs, the band set about working with [[Dave Eringa]], who had finished working with the [[Manic Street Preachers]] at Rockfield, and travelled to Jacob's to meet Idlewild.<ref name=DISre/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270793585127030784|title=Dave Eringa on Twitter: 'I think I came straight from recording The Manics...'|publisher=[[Twitter]]|author=Eringa, Dave|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610195409/https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270793585127030784|url-status=live}}</ref>

Woomble said they didn't want to be viewed as "just as a rowdy night out for teenagers"; with the creation of "Little Discourage" and "Roseability", the band had a newfound confidence. They visited Weston in Chicago to finish working on some tracks. Eringa revisited the material the band had done during their first session with Weston, and had them re-sing some vocal sections.<ref name=DISre>{{cite web|url=http://dis11.herokuapp.com/in_depth/1660381-rediscover--idlewild|title=ReDiScover: Idlewild / In Depth|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|author=Diver, Mike|date=23 February 2007|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081055/http://dis11.herokuapp.com/in_depth/1660381-rediscover--idlewild|url-status=live}}</ref> Weston recorded "Listen to What You've Got", "Rusty", and "The Bronze Medal, while Eringa produced the remaining tracks, and did additional recording for "The Bronze Medal". They were assisted by John Bailey, Matt Ollivier, Lee Butler, and Willie Deans. All recordings were by mixed by Eringa at [[CaVa Studios]] in Glasgow in December 1999, except for "Rusty", which was mixed by Weston in Chicago.<ref name=1BWbooklet/>