[2][3] Blue Monday was formed by guitarist Kyle de Ville and vocalist Dave Mac in the spring of 2001.
After securing drummer Chris Pratt and bassist Tony Patrick, the band wrote an eight-song demo which came out in early 2002.
[5] Pratt and Patrick left the band, and Adam Mitchell and Jason Kehoe joined on bass and drums respectively.
[7] What's Done Is Done and the subsequent touring brought Blue Monday to the attention of seminal modern hardcore label Bridge Nine Records, which signed them after they played the Summer Hardcore Festival Posi-Numbers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
In December 2004, Blue Monday entered Atomic Studios in Brooklyn, New York and recorded their debut album for Bridge Nine (engineered by Dean Baltulonis).