[citation needed] The Briefs surfaced on California's BYO Records with the release of 2004's Sex Objects and the reissue of their Dirtnap-era full lengths.

The Sex Objects single "Orange Alert" gained notoriety as a seething criticism of the Bush administration and of the culture of fear in post-9/11 America.

In 2007, the Briefs released a feature-length documentary about the band, entitled The Greatest Story Ever Told, which was directed by the punk filmmaker, Lewis Smithingham.

The second band, called Sharp Objects, released a 7" single entitled "Zero Ambition" in 2010 in the vein of early 80s LA punk and a full-length eponymously titled album in 2011, also through Modern Action Records.

Some additional content was added in the digital download, including a more recent 7", "The Joy of Killing", totaling up to 32 songs of Briefs history.

The Briefs toured again in 2018 and 2019, playing their first London gig in over a decade,[2] followed by a new album Platinum Rats, released by UK label Damaged Goods in 2019.