With some members working as dishwashers, the group was unhappy about

With some members working as dishwashers, the group was unhappy about the album being released on Ward 9. Terry Tolkin , a friend and their East Coast booking agent, signed the band to Corey Rusk’s then-nascent Touch and Go Records in Detroit. Psychic…Powerless…Another Man’s Sac was released in 1984. Building on their first EP, the band made psychedelia a much bigger part of their sound on this release, which made full use of the tape editing, non-traditional instrumentation, and sound modulation that came to define their studio recordings.