In comparison to the band's previous material, its experimental nature and melodic leanings confused some of their fans and presaged the creative direction they would take on their second studio album, 1983's Beneath the Shadows.

moved to Alternative Tentacles, the label run by Jello Biafra and East Bay Ray of fellow California hardcore band the Dead Kennedys.

[5] Greg Prato of Allmusic described the song "Thoughts of Yesterday" as one of the band's best from their early material, calling it "a surprisingly low-key and melodic number, which sticks out like a sore thumb amidst [their] other furious thrashers.

(Grisham and Barnes had left the band in late 1983) worked out a settlement in which the members received back payments of royalties from the label, and Posh Boy purchased the master recordings and publishing rights to Weathered Statues.

[9] Posh Boy combined Weathered Statues with the debut EP to make the 1987 compilation album Thoughts of Yesterday: 1981–1982 (later re-released through Rhino Records).