Editing So Long, Astoria (section)

==Recording==
Demos were initially tracked at drummer Chris Knapp's house in Hollywood, California. Roe said they "never got anything done" and subsequently went to Orange Whip Recording in Santa Barbara, California to record more demos.<ref name=Atarisbandcamp/> With the aid of Angus Cooke and Thom Flowers, demos were recorded live-in-the-studio with minimal overdubs. Roe said they spent "a lot of time fine tuning" the songs before the album sessions.<ref name=Atarisbandcamp>{{cite web|url=https://theataris.bandcamp.com/album/complete-demos-so-long-astoria|title=Complete Demos: So Long, Astoria|publisher=The Ataris|author=Roe, Kris|access-date=February 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218161633/https://theataris.bandcamp.com/album/complete-demos-so-long-astoria|archive-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> He added that the demos "capture[d] a certain honesty" and toyed with releasing the demos in lieu of recording a proper album.<ref name=Atarisbandcamp/> The group went into [[pre-production]] with Giordano, despite him thinking that the songs were "already pretty complete '"as is'", according to Roe.<ref name=Atarisbandcamp/> Recording began on August 19 and ended on November 1. Sessions took place at Ocean Studios in [[Burbank, California]], Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood, California and Orange Whip Recording.<ref name=SLABooklet/>

Giordano produced all of the songs except for "Looking Back on Today", which was produced by Thom Flowers, Elissa Meihsner and Eric Palmquist. Bradley Cooke, Andrew Alekel and Flowers acted as engineers with assistance from Jason Nelson, Dean Cupp and Dave Ashton. Giordano mixed all of the songs, except for "The Saddest Song" and "My Reply", at Larrabee Studios in Hollywood, California. "The Saddest Song" and "My Reply" were mixed by Jack Joseph Puig. Additional tracking was done by Angus Cooke and Meihsner at Orange Whip Recording, while additional tracking was done by Ashton at Larrabee Studios. Several other people contributed to the album: James Muhawi (piano on "The Saddest Song"), Angus Cooke (cello), Jonathan Cox (programming), and [[Glen Phillips (singer)|Glen Phillips]] of [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]], [[Mike Herrera]] of [[MxPx]] and Tim Pagnotta of [[Sugarcult]] (backing vocals).<ref name=SLABooklet/>