Recording of third album announced

On September 21, 2005, it was announced that Taking Back Sunday had begun recording their third album. With Eric Valentine at the helm, recording commenced at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles . The group chose Valentine because he had produced Queens of the Stone Age ‘s Songs for the Deaf (2002) and Third Eye Blind ‘s self-titled album (1997). The band had attempted to secure Valentine as producer for Where You Want to Be , but were unable to. During the sessions, the band strived to take a more rock-oriented instrumental approach without compromising their whole compositional style. By January 2006, the album was completed, and the album’s title was revealed the following month as Louder Now .