Squirrel Bait

So yes, looking back at it now, I can kind of see it as straightforward post-hardcore with some aspirations, but it still holds up and it's as good as anything else from the time period.

Right around this time, the band befriends David Grubbs and Clark Johnson of Bad Astro, as well as Squirrel Bait.

I did a full episode on Squirrel Bait some months back.

In addition to that, they also become massive fans of Slint, one of the greatest bands to ever exist in humankind, who had just put out their first album, Tweeze.

And that, incidentally, ties directly to the first disaster surrounding this album.