During the band's break between 2000 and 2003, Spencer moved to California where he formed a new band with Dave Curran called The Cutthroats 9 and released an album on Man's Ruin Records.
In 2008 Spencer formed the band Celan with Ari Benjamin Meyers (Redux Orchestra), Niko Wenner (Oxbow), Roeder (flu-ID), and Xavi (flu-ID), and in 2009 they released the well-reviewed album Halo on the Berlin label Exile on Mainstream Records and toured Europe.