The four began recording a third album in 1993. To release the album, the band formed their own label, King Mouse Records. Initially scheduled to be released later that year, a delay in payment and a legal dispute with Aircraft Studios where the album was cut pushed the release back to June 30, 1994. "Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad Debt" begat the single "Cigarette," which (aside from the Clarks' home tri-state region of western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio) saw airplay from radio stations across the Northeastern United States. The album sold 5,000 copies within three months and went on to sell nearly 17,000. With this release, guitarist Robert Hertweck began using the stage name "Rob James," derived from his first and middle names. On the heels of the success of "Cigarette," lead vocalist Scott Blasey released his first solo album, the acoustic "Don't Try This at Home", on the band's King Mouse label in 1995.