 After the band ended its brief tour in support of Tweez , most of its members attended college . Around this time McMahan and Walford began writing together for the band 's next record , creating six new songs which the band practiced throughout the summer of 1990 . Slint entered River North Records in August 1990 to record Spiderland . At that time there were no vocals or lyrics prepared for the album , so the band wrote them while in the studio . The album 's producer , Brian Paulson , was known for his " live " recording style in the studio , with minimal takes . Paulson recalled " It was weird while I was doing [ Spiderland ] because I remember sitting there , and I just knew there was something about it . I 've never heard anything like this . I 'm really digging this but it 's really fucking weird . " 
