Recording
In an August 2008 interview with AbsolutePunk, McKinnon said the band were going to start recording "after were finished touring with nfg . So Oct & Nov." The new styles of songs were classed by McKinnon as "celine Deon with on broken wings". The album was recorded at Wade's The Wade Studio, in Ocala, Florida. Documenting the recording process, the band released several webisodes on YouTube, under the name The Real ADTR: Homesick in Ocala. While in the middle of recording Homesick, A Day to Remember released Old Record (2008). In September 2008, a demo appeared on the band's MySpace, entitled "Wax Larry". The album was produced by Gilbert, and was mixed by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, with mixing taking place in December 2008, at Zing Studios, from the 12th. Mastering took place at West West Side Studios, by Alan Douches. A track was written for Homesick, but was held over for What Separates Me from You (2010).
The album features three guesting vocalists: Mike Hranica of The Devil Wears Prada on "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?", Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain on "Welcome to the Family", and Sierra Kusterbeck of VersaEmerge on "If It Means a Lot to You". The latter featured harmonica played by Dave Guynn. Recorded during the sessions was an instrumental, titled "Money Maker", that McKinnon had a hard time attempting to overdub any vocals over: "an entire song musically written and when it came down to writing vocal parts I just couldn't get that song done. I was not stoked on what I had done and to be honest with you I think it was the best music for the whole record. The music was just so catchy on its own so we said we will just set this aside for next time around."
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