Recording lasted from May until September . In between sessions , McMahon supported Weezer and Panic ! at the Disco on their headlining US tour . The majority of the album had been written and recorded in New York City in between tours . He was apprehensive about working here as it was the place where he was diagnosed with leukemia after working on Jack 's Mannequin 's '' Everything in Transit '' . He had planned to make the second Jack 's Mannequin album in the city , but " was n't really in a position of strength " and abandoned that idea . Eventually , he returned to the idea for '' Zombies on Broadway '' . He went to the city with a handful of songs , before writing a couple more and started recording
headlining US tour
Summer Tour 2016 (Weezer and Panic! at the Disco)
Zombies on Broadway (album)