 It was recorded in seven days and released in October 2003.It was the band's first album for Blackout Records after switching from Nitro Records after the release of "The Price of Progression" in 2001.Ensign's journey from hardcore punk on their first album, "Direction of Things to Come", in 1997 through to metalcore on "The Price Of Progression" – taking a middleground stance on "Cast the First Stone" in 1999 – saw them now turning full-circle into seminal, old school punk and doing an album of cover versions which had been important to them in their formative years and recognised by many fans as important to the genre.