four singles, "Loverboy" reached the highest, peaking at number 39 in the UK. The album was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) by the year's end. In January 2012, vocalist Josh Franceschi said that he and guitarist Max Helyer had been writing new material, but estimated that they would not be working on another album for at least a year. In March 2012, the band released "The Swarm" as single. Helyer revealed that while they were recording it, they also worked on ideas for new songs. Following a headlining show at Wembley arena in December 2012, the band parted ways with their record label Virgin Records and their management. In February 2013, they began working on Cavalier Youth. They spent five weeks doing pre-production at The Doghouse Studio in Henley-on-Thames. The following month, the group were writing their new album at The Boathouse in Henley-on-Thames, which was owned by a friend of theirs. They wrote a portion of the album here over two–three weeks. In April and May 2013, the band supported Pierce the Veil and All Time Low in North America on the Spring Fever tour. You Me at Six compiled a wish list of producers, popular and obscure, that they loved. They met with some of them while on the Spring Fever tour, one of which being Neal Avron. Avron stood out to the band out of all the ones they met as he seemed to understand the group the most. They liked his previous work with Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park and Yellowcard. Further pre-production took place in June with Avron. They felt at ease with him present when playing and discussing the songs. Avron had the band pick three–four acts from any genre that they thought were enjoyable and felt they could take inspiration from. They subsequently picked him as producer for the next album due to being comfortable and the previous albums he's worked on. Production Sessions took place between 1 July and 11 August in Los Angeles, California. They stayed at a house with their respective girlfriends in Griffith Park. Avron handled recording with Erich Talaba. Drum tracks were done at NRG Studio, with assistance from Kris Giddens. The group spent a lot of time on figuring out a good drum sound. According to drummer Dan Flint, Avron "tor[e] apart our songs" and on occasion suggest additional fills to play. Recording then