The first full-length Soltero album, entitled Science Will Figure You Out, was recorded with members of the Mobius Band and self-released in August 2001.

[5] The band's sixth album, 1943, was recorded at Junxt Studio in Brooklyn and was selected by French production company Microcultures as a featured project for release in late 2011.

He applied for an internship at Radiolab and began working there in part because producer Lulu Miller was a fan of his music.

Howard currently works for the Gimlet Media podcast Reply All and continues to write and record music in his spare time.

[6] Sometimes Howard's two careers overlap, like when Soltero's cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Green River" was used in Radiolab's 2012 "Colors" episode.