▁ar p eg g ios ▁and ▁the ▁hard ▁M ID I ▁notes ▁came ▁first . ▁" Then ▁it ▁was ▁about ▁finding ▁the ▁right ▁sounds ▁and ▁building ▁from ▁that ▁point ", ▁says ▁Sim ons . ▁The ▁band ▁worked ▁from ▁ 1 2 : 0 0 pm ▁to ▁ 1 2 : 0 0 am ▁each ▁day ▁making ▁the ▁album . ▁The ▁album ' s ▁drum ▁programming ▁started ▁with ▁doing ▁the ▁sn are ▁sound , ▁then ▁a ▁kick ▁sound , ▁and ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁" high - end ▁s ssh hh hh h ". ▁The ▁du o ▁said ▁they ▁" to ok ▁the ▁actual ▁individual ▁drum ▁sounds , ▁then ▁wrote ▁the ▁ch ords . ▁We ▁always ▁sample ▁tiny ▁fragments ▁of ▁sound ▁as ▁a ▁starting ▁point . ▁But ▁there ▁were ▁more ▁definite ▁t unes ▁and ▁ideas ▁and ▁mel od ies ▁from ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁this ▁album ▁than ▁before ". ▁The ▁du o ▁also ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁Em ag ic ▁Log ic ▁Audio ▁on ▁this ▁album , ▁which ▁proved ▁successful ▁in ▁the ▁album ' s ▁production ▁as ▁it ▁never ▁crash ed , ▁unlike ▁Stein berg ▁Cub ase , ▁which ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁used ▁previously . ▁ ▁Release ▁In ▁the ▁month ▁of ▁release ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁ret ros pective ▁respect ▁from ▁mag az ines ▁like ▁M uz ik ▁Magazine . ▁Prom otion ▁for ▁the ▁album ▁started ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁somewhat ▁concluded ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁January ▁