Editing Something to Write Home About (section)

==New label and recording==
By April 1999, tired that the negotiations with Mojo Records had taken too long and eventually came to a halt, the band felt it wasn't the right time to be signing with a major.<ref name=TGUKhistory/> Vocalist/guitarist [[Matt Pryor (musician)|Matthew Pryor]] later revealed that the label's founder [[Jay Rifkin]] wanted to treat the band as a new act, own the rights to their music publishing, in addition to being unwilling to buy the band out of their contract with Doghouse.<ref>Shea 2009, event occurs at 1:28:16–34, 1:30:01–7</ref> To get out of their Doghouse contract, the band recorded the ''Red Letter Day'' EP and forfeited the vinyl rights to their following album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2015/12/02/an-interview-with-the-get-up-kids-still-finding-something-to-write-home-about/|title=An Interview with The Get Up Kids: Still Finding Something To Write Home About|work=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|author=Magid, Morgan|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103259/http://www.theaquarian.com/2015/12/02/an-interview-with-the-get-up-kids-still-finding-something-to-write-home-about/|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Shea 2009, event occurs at 1:31:12–6, 1:31:25–6</ref> That same month, they formed their own record label, Heroes & Villains Records, which signed a deal with Vagrant Records, giving the latter rights to other acts signed to Heroes & Villains, which included the members' solo projects.<ref>Shea 2009, event occurs at 1:32:6–14</ref> At the time, Vagrant was searching for a flagship band on which they could expand their business with.<ref name=LawrenceWrite/><ref name="TGUKhistory" />

In June 1999, the band travelled from [[Kansas City, Missouri]] to [[Los Angeles]], California to record their next album.<ref name=TGUKhistory/> Before the group could start, Vagrant Records' co-owner Jon Cohen had to borrow money from his parents, who mortgaged their house in order to fund the sessions.<ref name=PNTjumping>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/qanda-get-up-kids-matt-pryor-talks-jumping-around-playing-pop-music-and-the-emo-handbook-6597139|title=Q&A: Get Up Kids' Matt Pryor Talks Jumping Around, Playing Pop Music and the Emo Handbook|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|author=Woodbury, Jason P.|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103121/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/qanda-get-up-kids-matt-pryor-talks-jumping-around-playing-pop-music-and-the-emo-handbook-6597139|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The album was recorded over the course of six weeks<ref name=LawrenceWrite/> in June and July 1999 at Mad Hatter Studios in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]].<ref name=STWHAbooklet/> The band would spend the daytime at the studio and spend nights at a friend's house.<ref name=Lawrencepivotal>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/sep/04/somethingwritehomeabout/|title=Something to write home about: Get Up Kids celebrate 10-year anniversary reissue of pivotal record|work=Lawrence|author=Niccum, Jon|date=September 4, 2009|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225162109/http://www.lawrence.com/news/2009/sep/04/somethingwritehomeabout/|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> They produced the record themselves, with co-producers [[Chad Blinman]] and Alex Brahl, the latter of which did additional engineering. Blinman handled recording, while Dale Lawton served as an assistant. Blinman mixed the recordings, while the album was mastered by Ramon Breton at Oceanview Mastering.<ref name=STWHAbooklet/> Several of the songs included were re-recorded from past releases: "Red Letter Day" from the ''Red Letter Day'' EP, "[[Ten Minutes (The Get Up Kids song)|Ten Minutes]]" on a 7" vinyl for the [[Sub Pop Singles Club]] and "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel" for a [[The Get Up Kids / Braid|split release with Braid]].<ref>Heisel; Simpson 2016, event occurs at 50:59–51:01, 52:22–30</ref><ref name="TGUKdisco" />