▁Mat ador ▁Records , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁she ▁asked ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁would ▁put ▁out ▁her ▁record . ▁Co inc ident ally , ▁Cos loy ▁had ▁just ▁read ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁Gir ly ▁Sound ▁in ▁Chem ical ▁Im bal ance ▁that ▁very ▁day ▁and ▁told ▁Ph air ▁to ▁send ▁him ▁a ▁t ape . ▁Ph air ▁sent ▁him ▁a ▁t ape ▁of ▁six ▁Gir ly ▁Sound ▁songs . ▁Cos loy ▁rec alls : ▁" The ▁songs ▁were ▁amaz ing . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁fairly ▁primitive ▁recording , ▁especially ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁resulting ▁album . ▁The ▁songs ▁were ▁really ▁smart , ▁really ▁fun ny , ▁and ▁really ▁h arrow ing , ▁sometimes ▁all ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁... ▁I ▁liked ▁it ▁a ▁lot ▁and ▁played ▁it ▁for ▁everybody ▁else . ▁We ▁usually ▁don ' t ▁sign ▁people ▁we ▁haven ' t ▁met , ▁or ▁heard ▁other ▁records ▁by , ▁or ▁seen ▁as ▁perform ers . ▁But ▁I ▁had ▁a ▁h unch , ▁and ▁I ▁called ▁her ▁back ▁and ▁said ▁O . K ." ▁ ▁Cos loy ▁offered ▁a ▁$ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁advance , ▁and ▁Ph air ▁began ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁single , ▁which ▁turned ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 8 ▁songs ▁of ▁Ex ile ▁in ▁Guy ville . ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁in ▁Guy ville ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Ph air ▁and ▁Brad ▁Wood , ▁and ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁The ▁album ▁received ▁uniformly ▁excellent ▁reviews . ▁The ▁album ▁received ▁significant ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁for