The band is YOUNG and just figuring out its way around the studio. They are newbies just in from Louisville, KY (working at Studiomedia in suburban Chicago).
So Albini leaves the mics on and includes the band's ambient studio chatter as a key part of the track.
"Oh, uh, alright.
Steve, these headphones are fucked up. It's only coming out of one side.... like, should I just bear with it, or what?
Shit. They're fucked. Man, no, wait! Please give me some new headphones."
Epic: for many, their intro to Slint and to Albiniworld too.