 Keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen, who had engineered "Down with Wilco", joined Wilco in 2002 as they toured in support of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot".In November 2003, Wilco traveled to New York City to record their fifth album.The album was produced by Jim O'Rourke, who mixed "Foxtrot" and was a member of Wilco side project Loose Fur.