Zdar suggests that the Rapture sound at their best when the recordings are a little rough around the edges. "So much of these last 10-15 years in music sounds so completely perfect, so 'inside the computer,'" Zdar says. "When I heard the Rapture's demos, I suggested we avoid that. We agreed to do it like a jazz album: put everyone in the same room and work for a good live feeling, so everyone gets goosebumps at once. You're looking for a very powerful and fragile sound at the same time."