 The writing process continued throughout the remainder of 2009 and was officially completed in January 2010.Norma Jean entered Glow in the Dark studios in Atlanta with record producer Jeremy Griffith (Saosin, Forever Changed, Cool Hand Luke) and Pro Tools audio engineer Justin Chapman to record "Meridional" February 1, 2010.They spent the first three days in pre-production creating live recordings of all the songs for the record.