[1][2] They gained notability through local advertising and comical PSA videos on MySpace and YouTube featuring band members before making any of their music public.

St. Helens Vietnam Band signed with Dead Oceans in the fall of 2008 and released their self-entitled first LP in the spring of 2009.

[5] In 2011, Benjamin Verdoes put the band on hiatus to focus on his newly formed duo Iska Dhaaf with Nathan Quiroga.

[6] In 2021, the band began quietly recording and releasing music and animated film clips to subscribers on Patreon.

St. Helens Vietnam Band released their first commercially available single since their reformation, "Eyes Wide Shut" on July 20, 2022, through Jenny Invert Records.