

Further recording was done at Conway Studios, also in Los Angeles, and at Maratone Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. They returning to their hometown of Montreal to continue recording at Studios Piccolo. Comeau worked on the parts with Bouvier and bassist David Desrosiers, who of whom were proficient drummers. They picked Dave Fortman for his work with Evanescence he want to give the band a big drum sound and took them to NRG Studios in Los Angeles, California. Ītlantic gave the band a list of producers and albums they worked on for them to listen to. The group subsequently wrote the remainder of what would feature on their album. Danja played the band some synthesizer-based and beat-focussed ideas that they would write over. He was known as Timbaland's protégé and had worked with Britney Spears the band felt working with him was a change of pace due to his production background. In early March, the band finished two songs, before traveling to Miami, Florida where they recorded another song at Hit Factory Criteria Studios with Danja. However, their plans to record basic tracks were delayed as Rock was busy working with the Offspring. Writing continued up to the Christmas period following two shows in Brazil in January 2007, the band had planned to entered a studio at the end of the month with Bob Rock, who had produced their previous album. However, the members weren't impressed by the material they had up to this point and delayed they recording plans, much to the chagrin of Atlantic. Major label Atlantic Records, which the group were signed to, said the band were going to enter a recording studio in November. By November, they had 70–80 ideas for new songs, which had been written between Montreal, San Diego and Barbados, and 10–11 completed ones.

īouvier and Comeau wrote material together in a room using Pro Tools with programmed drums, eventually coming up with demos. Instead, the band instead took a break in March, and began writing every day since April. Bouvier said the band aimed to write new material for around three months, and have a new record out by the end of the year. concluded in February 2006 with a European trek.

Touring in support of Still Not Getting Any. In July 2005, vocalist Pierre Bouvier said that while they hadn't written any new material, he expected them to release a new record by mid 2006. Simple Plan released their second album Still Not Getting Any.
