Editing Wonder What's Next (section)

==Background and recording==
After experiencing label troubles, Chevelle's management set up a showcase in New York. The group received three offers, ultimately choosing Epic. After debating between [[Garth Richardson|GGGarth]] and Ben Gross, they enlisted Garth to produce their sophomore album. Recording was scheduled at [[The Warehouse Studio]] in [[Vancouver]] to begin the day following the [[September 11 attacks]]. With a tragic event having just taken place in the band's home country, they were met with an unsettling start to the recording process. The band spent nine weeks at the spacious studio.

''Wonder What's Next'' would feature a heavier, more textured sound than [[Point No. 1|its predecessor]], which, according to frontman [[Pete Loeffler]], was "more [[independent music|indie]]" and didn't effectively capture the band's intensity. While Chevelle's debut album was recorded in standard [[D tuning]], the band switched to [[drop B tuning|drop B]], with some songs written in standard [[D♭ tuning]]. The band also spent much more time adjusting tones and preparing before recording, as opposed to the less refined studio process of working with [[Steve Albini]]. Ben Kaplan, the [[Pro Tools]] editor, also took a liberal approach to adding textures underneath much of the music. The band was at first uneasy with this approach but came to appreciate the influence it had on the overall sound. However, the track "One Lonely Visitor" breaks from this with its bare-bones approach; a demo was recorded in a home studio, but after rerecording it with Garth in Vancouver, Loeffler still favored the original, less-produced version for its more natural feel and convinced the label to use it.<ref>Van Pelt, Doug [http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/chevelle_interview_wpete_703200307/index.php?page=1 Chevelle - Interview w/Pete 7/03] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130126002603/http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/chevelle_interview_wpete_703200307/index.php?page=1 |date=January 26, 2013 }} ''HM'' (July 2003). Retrieved November 11, 2012.</ref> The same method would be used on the final track of their [[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)|follow-up album]] in 2004.