and ▁the ▁minute ▁[ R oe ▁and ▁Gi ord ano ] ▁spoke , ▁it ▁worked ." ▁In ▁early ▁July , ▁Ro e ▁said ▁the ▁album ▁would ▁be ▁titled ▁So ▁Long , ▁Ast oria . ▁Later ▁that ▁month , ▁Gi ord ano ▁was ▁en list ed ▁as ▁the ▁album ' s ▁producer ▁and ▁that ▁recording ▁would ▁finally ▁occur ▁in ▁August . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁Dem os ▁were ▁initially ▁track ed ▁at ▁drum mer ▁Chris ▁Kn app ' s ▁house ▁in ▁Hollywood , ▁California . ▁Ro e ▁said ▁they ▁" ne ver ▁got ▁anything ▁done " ▁and ▁subsequently ▁went ▁to ▁Orange ▁Wh ip ▁Rec ording ▁in ▁Santa ▁Barbara , ▁California ▁to ▁record ▁more ▁dem os . ▁With ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁Ang us ▁Co oke ▁and ▁Thom ▁Flow ers , ▁dem os ▁were ▁recorded ▁live - in - the - studio ▁with ▁minimal ▁over d ubs . ▁Ro e ▁said ▁they ▁spent ▁" a ▁lot ▁of ▁time ▁fine ▁tun ing " ▁the ▁songs ▁before ▁the ▁album ▁sessions . ▁He ▁added ▁that ▁the ▁dem os ▁" capt ure [ d ] ▁a ▁certain ▁hon esty " ▁and ▁to yed ▁with ▁re le asing ▁the ▁dem os ▁in ▁lieu ▁of ▁recording ▁a ▁proper ▁album . ▁The ▁group ▁went ▁into ▁pre - production ▁with ▁Gi ord ano , ▁despite ▁him ▁thinking ▁that ▁the ▁songs ▁were ▁" al ready ▁pretty ▁complete ▁'" as ▁is ' ", ▁according ▁to ▁Ro e . ▁Rec ording ▁began ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 9 ▁and ▁ended ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 . ▁S essions ▁took ▁place