▁Rec ording ▁Steve ▁L illy white ▁produced ▁A way ▁from ▁the ▁World , ▁which ▁marks ▁his ▁first ▁released ▁studio ▁album ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 8 ' s ▁Before ▁These ▁Crow ded ▁Stre ets . ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁failed ▁sessions ▁with ▁L illy white ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁le aked ▁L illy white ▁S essions ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁L illy white ' s ▁departure ▁from ▁the ▁band ' s ▁work . ▁ ▁D MB ▁and ▁L illy white ▁recorded ▁the ▁album ▁in ▁a ▁Seattle ▁studio ▁beginning ▁in ▁early ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁and ▁production ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁finished ▁in ▁May . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 1 ▁songs ▁that ▁made ▁the ▁album , ▁one ▁other ▁song ▁was ▁attempted ▁during ▁the ▁sessions , ▁but ▁the ▁band ▁did ▁not ▁complete ▁that ▁song . ▁Vi olin ist ▁Bo yd ▁T ins ley ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁process : ▁" Some ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁that ▁you ▁hear ▁on ▁this ▁album , ▁the ▁basic ▁tracks ▁came ▁out , ▁like , ▁the ▁first ▁or ▁second ▁time ▁we ▁played ▁them . ▁Dave ▁would ▁come ▁in ▁with ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁song . ▁We ’ d ▁get ▁into ▁the ▁control ▁room ▁and ▁we ’ d ▁finish ▁it , ▁putting ▁in ▁a ▁ch orus ▁or ▁bridge ▁here ▁and ▁working ▁out ▁arrang ements . ▁And ▁then ▁we ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁studio , ▁and ▁we ▁just ▁played ." ▁ ▁Roger ▁Smith ▁from ▁Tower ▁of ▁Power ▁plays ▁Hamm ond ▁Organ ▁on ▁" a ▁couple ▁of ▁t unes