[1][2] Recording of The Guilty Office began on 25–26 August 2007 in the newly built National Grid Studio in Heathcote Valley, Christchurch.

I had a big bunch of songs and the rest of the band chose the ones they liked and we got them into shape and put them down live in the studio.

"[9] The tracks "Guilty Office" and "Two Lines" grew out of improvised jams.

Additional tracks and mixing and mastering were recorded by Paul Keen at Longfellow Studio, while the strings, harp and accordion parts were recorded by Mike McLeod at the Masonic Lodge in Port Chalmers.

[11] The album was released internationally by the following labels: All tracks are written by The Bats/Robert Scott