The band released (“Shove”/“Packin’ a Rod”) in 1989 as the Sub Pop Single of the Month. L7 reportedly spent a short time in Seattle in the early 1990s. L7's next album, "Smell the Magic," was released in 1990 on Sub Pop and earned a four star review by "Rolling Stone" who stated "With Donita Sparks' and Suzi Gardner's twin lockstep guitars racing down the highway to hell, "Smell the Magic" was one of Sub Pop's finest hours." L7 traveled to England and opened for Nirvana on several dates in 1990.