The Monday Mornings started as the solo project of singer\u002Fsongwriter and Seattle native Michael Mearns in 2007 during sessions at Foundry Studios which resulted in a demo entitled Automatic Anvils. In the winter of 2008 Mearns returned to the studio to finish leftover tracks and begin work on a first full-length record. Pulling in friends Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy)-drums, Katie Mosehauer (Lucy Bland, The Thoughts)- violin, and Evan Robertson (Catapults\u002FSportsfan)-bass, the four recorded what became the recently self-released record Swallow Down the Days, engineered and mastered by Pierre Ferguson (Mountain Con). Following completion of the record, second guitarist\u002Fbackground vocalist Brett Berger was added to complete the line-up of Michael Mearns and the Monday Mornings.Now simply The Monday Mornings, the band has officially released Swallow Down the Days in June of 2008. Now working with The Brass Tax Cooperative, a Seattle-based musician owned and operated record label coop, The Monday Mornings