In 1986 and 1987, Controlled Bleeding released five more full-length LPs: "Curd" (1986, Dossier), "Headcrack" (1986, Sterile Records), "Between Tides" (1986, Multimood), "Core" (1987, Subterranean), and "Songs from the Drain" (1987, Dossier). Paul Lemos has stated that these releases contain music made by the band throughout 1984–1987, so an exact chronology of the material made during this time period is not known. Beginning with "Curd", the band left the distortion-heavy noise of their previous releases behind in favor of a more varied experimental approach. "Core" is notable as the first Controlled Bleeding vinyl LP to be released by a label based in the United States, although some of the group's early cassettes and compilations were released stateside a few years earlier.