By the time that the band were due to begin recording their second album, Flipside had stopped releasing new material and Offtime was financially unable to, “so the band figuratively approached almost every indie label they could think of” but could not find one willing to work with them. Eventually, Bob and Michelle Becker of Fearless Records saw At the Drive-In open for Supernova at a bar named Club Mesa. Despite Fearless’s history of producing mainly pop punk bands, the band members “felt very comfortable with Bob and Michelle on a personal level” and a deal was signed. At the Drive-In began recording In/Casino/Out on June 3, 1998. With producer and mixer Alex Newport, the band spent four days recording at Doug Messenger’s in North Hollywood and Revolver Recordings in Costa Mesa with engineer Andy Troy, and an additional two days mixing the album at Paramount in Hollywood. This album marked a notable maturation in At the Drive-In’s sound and was recorded live with just a small number of overdubs. In/Casino/Out was chosen to be recorded live because, according to some sources, At the Drive-In struggled to capture the intensity and emotion of its live shows in the recording studio.
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