On November 25, 2008, the band announced in a blog entry on their website that they are going on "hiatus, and will not be playing any more live shows or making any new records, indefinitely.

[2] While still in their teens, the group played frequently in and around the Hollywood area, finally catching the eye of Geffen Records executives.

Lead singer Alex Greenwald said it was an intentional choice: "I especially loved bands, like The Beatles, that changed with every single record they made.

"[4] In the middle of recording the album, founding member and drummer Jason Schwartzman abruptly left the band to focus on his acting career.

[citation needed] The band performed "Big Brat", the album's first single, on the Late Show with David Letterman.

[citation needed] On November 25, 2008, Phantom Planet announced in a blog entry on their website that they would be going on hiatus and playing their last show December 12, 2008 at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

[5] In late January 2012, Phantom Planet announced their first reunion show, June 13, at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

[citation needed] A Phantom Planet Instagram account[7] was created on January 19, 2019, indicating that the band could be reforming.

It was confirmed that the band played a small secret private show January 19, 2019, at No Name on Fairfax in Los Angeles.

"[9] They announced their first "public" show in over seven years at Hanson's "Hop Jam" Music and Beer Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 19, 2019.

at the Disco members, Ryan Ross and Jon Walker's new band, The Young Veins debut record, Take a Vacation!.

More recently, Greenwald recorded with Mark Ronson & the Business Intl, playing guitar, keyboards, and singing on the album.

On August 31, 2012 – during a show in Argentina on the Overexposed World Tour – Farrar filled-in for Mickey Madden on the bass guitar for the very first time.

[24] The band has opened for many well-known artists, including Guns N' Roses, Sting,[25] Elvis Costello, Incubus, Guided by Voices, Blink-182, The Zombies, The Hives, Sloan, American Hi-Fi, Maroon 5, Ludacris, Panic!

They have also appeared on American Dreams, playing British rock band The Zombies and performing "Tell Her No" in the episode "A Clear and Present Danger".

"Big Brat" was also introduced in the soundtrack to the video game Driver 3 and featured in an episode from the first season of One Tree Hill, as well as used in the film The Amazing Spider-Man.

Alex Greenwald, the band's vocalist, sang a fusion jazz cover of Radiohead's "Just" for the 2006 compilation Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads.

Greenwald made an impact on the British music scene in early 2008 by featuring on Mark Ronson's cover of the Radiohead song "Just".