While Wilco was recording tracks, Jay Farrar formed a band of his own, Son Volt. Son Volt signed to Warner Bros. Records and began recording their first album (also produced by Paulson), "Trace", in November 1994. The fact that both Wilco and Son Volt began working on album almost immediately after the Uncle Tupelo breakup caused debate among critics, fans, and Warner Brothers about which would be the better band. Joe McEwen, who originally signed Uncle Tupelo to a Warner subsidiary, felt that Wilco was taking a step backwards from the material on "Anodyne". McEwen urged Richard Dodd, who had recently mixed Tom Petty's "Wildflowers", to remix the album. Dodd emphasized Tweedy's vocals to increase the chances of success on radio.