 After a brief tour of the UK with Cable the band went into the studio to start recording tracks for their debut long player.A further single, "Gracelands" (1996) and more tours (with A amongst others) followed, but financial difficulties forced EXP to fold before the full album was released.The band were soon picked up by Mantra Records (part of the Beggars Banquet group), and further tours followed before the album "Half Nelson", recorded for EXP two years earlier, was eventually released by Mantra in 1998.