The band signs the Grass contract after some more wrangling with the suits and agrees to a five record, one option deal with $30,000 for the first record.
They record HURRICANE NECKLACE with Thom Monahan at Studio .45 in Hartford, Connecticut over the next month. David Berman (of the Silver Jews) asks Hunter and Pinkerton to play on the next Silver Jews album. He also asks if they can recommend an engineer and a studio where they might record.