In 1993, the group added its first horn player, Jessica Mills, and released its first 7-inch record, "Smoke Spot", with the band members hand pressing all 300 records themselves. Soon after, trombone player Buddy Schaub joined the band. Over the first few years, the band put out its first EP, "Better Class Of Losers", made compilation appearances, and released several vinyl records (featuring songs that would later appear on the 1995 "Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand" compilation), before Mike Park agreed to release the band's debut album on Dill Records. Right before the band's first U.S. tour in June 1995 with Skankin' Pickle, Schaub had already made plans to travel to Europe with his friends. The band found a temporary replacement in saxophonist Derron Nuhfer, who filled in for Schaub during his absence. Derron became a permanent member in August 1995.