At some point early in the album's development, trombone player Chris Sheets left the band for undisclosed reasons.

The album does feature horns on a few tracks such as "Bury It Down Low" and "Bled To Be Free (The Operation)" which were provided by Nat Love (The English Beat) and Steve White.The album was completed in spring of 2009.Throughout production of Mandala, RX provided video updates of their progress, and in the near future, a DVD is to be released that contains studio footage from during the recording of Mandala as well as footage of an acoustic show at Saint Rocke in May 2009, and various other unreleased videos.

[9] On June 16, 2009, "Hope Is a Butterfly, No Net Its Captor, She Beats Her Wings and Softly Sings of Summer Scent and Children's Laughter... (Virus of Silence)" was posted online; nine days later, "Bring Our Children Home or Everything Is Nothing" was available for download through ReverbNation.

The album's press release promised a "more rock-oriented four-piece, scaling down the use of horns to create a new twist to their constantly evolving dynamic."

[17] Following a stint in Australia as part of the Soundwave festival, the band went on a North American tour through to April 2010, with support from the Builders and the Butchers and Zechs Marquise.