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==Recording==
Fountains of Wayne commenced recording their new album without any label support. According to drummer [[Brian Young (drummer)|Brian Young]], "Adam put up the money to do the recording, we converged in a studio in upstate New York, and we didn’t know what to expect. We all showed up with basically nothing. I had a stick bag, and the engineer mentioned to me, 'You know, it would’ve been a lot cooler if you showed up with nothing at all.' We were kind of going through the studio basement, looking for gear and taping stands together. It was funny."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2007/04/brian-young/|title=Brian Young of Fountains of Wayne|first=Waleed|last=Rashidi|publisher=Modern Drummer|date=April 2007|accessdate=2019-01-04}}</ref>

Once the album was finished, Fountains of Wayne signed to [[S-Curve Records]], whose executive vice president, Steve Yegelwel, had first signed the band when he was working as an A&R at Atlantic Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-07-14-0307140117-story.html|title=Mapping out a mainstream move|first=Sandra|last=Nygaard|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=2003-07-14|accessdate=2019-01-04}}</ref> Prior to the album's release, the band went on tour in November 2002 to road test the new material and build up fan anticipation for the new record.<ref name=Luerssen/>