In early 2001, Davis and Connor Lovat-Fraser, both of whom had played in Gym Class Joke and the Pettit Project, recorded two Boys Night Out songs.

Two days after this initial contact, Tzompanakis mentioned that he was friends with Carl Severson, head of Ferret Music, who was interested in releasing the band's future efforts.

[7][8] Musically, the sound of Make Yourself Sick has been described as emo and pop-punk, with screamo vocals and the occasional lyric touching on hardcore punk.

[20] They ended the year headlining a few Canadian shows with Brand New and Billy Talent; around this time, they filmed a music video.

[21] Prior to the Chicago date of the tour, the band received emails from a Women's rights group, who were going to protest outside the show over their lyrics.

[24] Boys Night Out then supported Saves the Day; on July 3, 2004, drummer Ben Arseneau left the band to go into teaching.

[26] Boys Night Out instead went on a three-month tour to end the year; they performed with As Tall as Lions, Simpcoe Street Mob, Emery, Gym Class Heroes, From First to Last and Roses Are Red.

AllMusic reviewer Johnny Loftus stated the band had "so much potential for innovation here", but criticized the "drum programming, balladry, and digitally tuned vocals", and ultimately concluded that "the album is indeed 'sick as frick', but not in the romantic sense".

[9] The staff at Modern Fix said they "didn’t want to hear another emo band any more than you did, these guys [Boys Night Out] are pretty good".

[13] Punk Planet's Art Ettinger expanded on this, noting the variety of styles and feeling that the band was lacking "one of the magic numbers needed to find the perfect combination of sound".

She said album's major flaw is the "excessive emphasis" on the lyricism as it "strikes me as a little strange, since their reckless ways don’t interest me nearly as much as their music".

[30] The staff at Rock Hard said the album "lives on cheerful, polyphonic melodies that form a harsh contrast to the snappy lyrics".

[10] The staff at Impact Press, meanwhile, preferred the EP over the album, and wrote that it "sounds too much like Grade and Blink 182 in a metal bending auto accident".

[31] All lyrics are written by Jeff Davis and Connor Lovat-Fraser; all music is composed by Boys Night OutCitations Sources