Editing From Here to Infirmary (section)

==Background and production==
Alkaline Trio released their second studio album ''[[Maybe I'll Catch Fire]]'' in March 2000, through record label [[Asian Man Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/maybe-ill-catch-fire-mr0000648215|title=Maybe I'll Catch Fire - Alkaline Trio {{!}} Release Info|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=November 5, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210123202/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/maybe-ill-catch-fire-mr0000648215|url-status=live}}</ref> Few months prior to its release, drummer Glenn Porter left the band, and was replaced by former [[Smoking Popes]] member [[Mike Felumlee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alkaline-trio-mn0000039013/biography|title=Alkaline Trio {{!}} Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic|author=DaRonco, Mike|accessdate=November 5, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210123225/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alkaline-trio-mn0000039013/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alkalinetrio.com:80/news.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510212532/http://www.alkalinetrio.com/news.html|title=News|publisher=Alkaline Trio|archivedate=May 10, 2000|accessdate=November 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Two months after the album's release, [[MTV]] reported that the band had signed to [[Vagrant Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/872575/rock-beat-santana-acdc-promise-ring/|title=Rock Beat: Santana, AC/DC, Promise Ring ...|publisher=MTV|author=MTV News Staff|date=May 12, 2000|access-date=November 5, 2020|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318182501/http://www.mtv.com/news/872575/rock-beat-santana-acdc-promise-ring/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vocalist/guitarist [[Matt Skiba]] explained that while on Asian Man, they received plenty of complaints that their fans were unable to buy their music in stores. Vagrant were fans of the band, and helped them tour with [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]]. That label's distribution and press departments offered more than Asian Man founder [[Mike Park]] was able to provide.<ref name=ATLD>{{cite web|url=http://www.alkalinetrio.com/reviews/i6.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524130755/http://www.alkalinetrio.com/reviews/i6.html|title=Interview with Alkaline Trio in Little Demon Entertainment issue #9|publisher=Alkaline Trio|date=September 5, 2000|archivedate=May 24, 2005|accessdate=November 5, 2020}}</ref> Park went as far to tell the band to find a bigger label as the sales and promotion was becoming a strain for him.<ref name=Oxinterview>{{cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/alkaline-trio-18|title=Interview - Alkaline Trio|work=Ox-Fanzine|author=Hiller, Joachim|date=June–August 2001|accessdate=November 6, 2020|language=DE|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210123204/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/interview/alkaline-trio-18|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the following months, Alkaline Trio promoted ''Maybe I'll Catch Fire'' with an appearance on the Plea for Peace Tour, and a tour with [[Hot Water Music]].<ref name=News120700>{{cite web|url=http://www.alkalinetrio.com:80/news.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001207101500/http://www.alkalinetrio.com/news.html|title=News|publisher=Alkaline Trio|archivedate=December 7, 2000|accessdate=November 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> At the end of 2000, the band went to [[Pachyderm Studio]] in [[Cannon Falls, Minnesota]] to record their next album.<ref name=News120700/><ref name=FHTIbooklet/> Matt Allison and the band acted as producers, assistance from Neil Weir.<ref name=FHTIbooklet/> Allison and the band recorded 15 tracks in total, with the aim of using 12 for the final track listing.<ref name=News120700/> The recordings were mixed by [[Jerry Finn]], with assistance from Laurent Bichara, at Engine Studios in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=FHTIbooklet/> The band picked Finn for his previous work on a [[Destination Failure|Smoking Popes album]] a few years prior.<ref name=Oxinterview/> Bassist/vocalist [[Dan Andriano]] later expressed disappointment in the album's production, his vocal performance, and the lack of vocal harmonies; he ranked it seventh out of the eight albums they had released at that point.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-alkaline-trio-dan-andriano/|title=Rank Your Records: Bassist Dan Andriano Rates All Eight Alkaline Trio Albums|work=Vice|author=Ozzi, Dan|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=September 23, 2016|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210123204/https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3zajj/rank-your-records-alkaline-trio-dan-andriano|url-status=live}}</ref>