 That demo , as well as the band 's rigorous touring schedule , attracted the attention of several music scouts . Record labels initially were wary of signing the band whom they perceived as straddling " the divide between the countrified punk of early 1980s such as Green on Red , Jason & the Scorchers , and X — none of whom had bum @-@ rushed the charts — and the Pacific Northwest grunge of Mudhoney and Nirvana , which was still years from breaking out commercially " . However , the influential CMJ New Music Report gave the demo tape a favorable review in 1989 , praising its " mature , developed , seriously thought @-@ out songwriting " . This review prompted New York City @-@ based distributor Dutch East India Trading to provide funding for the band to record an album on their Giant Records label , shortly before the label was renamed to Rockville Records . 
