it was kaiser chiefs themselves that chose to work with producer stephen street. according to street he had been introduced to nick hodgson after an ordinary boys gig in which kaiser chiefs were the support act. hodgson gave street a demo cd and said that they would love to work with him. the band's new label b-unique suggested they try a test session with street. in mid-august 2004 they visited the producer at a basement studio space at olympic studios he was renting with engineer cenzo townsend and recorded "i predict a riot".