Editing Slint (section)

=== 1988–1990: Todd Brashear joins, release of ''Tweez'' ===

[[Ethan Buckler|Buckler]] was soon replaced by [[Bass guitar|bass]] player Todd Brashear. [[Slint]] had hoped that Touch and Go Records would release ''Tweez'', but the band did not hear back from the label.<ref name="Bangs, 2014" /> A friend of the group, Jennifer Hartman, paid for the [[album]]'s release for a tiny run on the imprint Jennifer Hartman Records in 1989.<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro|title=The Great Rock Discography|publisher=Mojo Books|year=2000|isbn=1-84195-017-3|edition=5th|location=Edinburgh|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro/page/893/mode/2up 893–894]|author-link=Martin C. Strong|url-access=registration}}</ref> By then the group had returned to the [[studio]] with Albini to record [[two]] [[instrumental]] [[tracks]]. Original copies of ''Tweez'' included a flyer advertising a 12" [[Single (music)|single]] of these songs to be released on Jennifer Hartman. But by now, the band had succeeded in catching the ear of [[Touch & Go Records]]'s founder [[Corey Rusk]] who agreed to release the group's next album. The master tapes to the proposed 12" were then shelved, making ''Tweez'' the sole release on the Jennifer Hartman label.<ref name="Bangs, 2014" />

By the time ''Tweez'' was released, most of the group had gone off to [[college]] and would return to Louisville during breaks to write and practice new material. Returning to the Walfords' [[basement]], the group would spend hours repeating the same guitar riff and then adding in layers of nuance on top of it.<ref name="Simpson, 2014" /> After rehearsals, McMahan took practice tapes home and worked on vocals with the use of a 4-track tape recorder. Sitting in his parents' car made it possible to record softly spoken vocals over the band's loud music.<ref name="Bangs, 2014" /> After developing these new songs, Slint's members wanted a cleaner sound than that of their first [[LP record|LP]], so they approached Minneapolis producer Brian Paulson who had recorded two albums with McMahan's former bandmates' group [[Bastro]].<ref name="Bangs, 2014" /> On a trip to visit Bastro and Paulson during the recording sessions for their final studio [[album]], ''Sing the Troubled Beast'', McMahan was in a near-fatal car accident. While in the ambulance, a paramedic called in "Code 138" and the immobilized McMahan regained consciousness singing the [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] song "[[We Are 138]]".<ref name="Bangs, 2014" /> McMahan's brush with death left him feeling depressed, which affected the recording and aftermath of Slint's next album.<ref name="Simpson, 2014" />