[3] After the release of their eponymous EP, guitarist David Grubbs and bassist Clark Johnson went off to college, providing an obstacle for the band to rehearse or work on new material together.

When Grubbs and Johnson returned for the summer, Squirrel Bait went on tour, supporting Sonic Youth, the Descendents, and Volcano Suns in various cities around the U.S.

[3] The band went into the studio with engineer Howie Gano in 1986 and recorded the songs "Kid Dynamite" and "Slake Train Coming".

The band also reworked a version of the song "Black Light Poster Child", which originally appeared on an earlier demo tape with Britt Walford on drums.

The road would later serve as a backdrop for the car on the cover of the first album by Brian McMahan's post-Squirrel Bait group Slint.