 Green would soon leave the band & Toko Yasuda returned to tour & record the Speeding Train ep on Art Monk Construction Records.The Van Pelt disbanded in 1997, with Chris and Toko forming a new band called the Lapse that year, and Brian later joining the band Jets to Brazil in 1998.The band reunited in 2009 for two shows, playing one show on June 20 at the Blackcat in Washington, D.C. with Frodus, and another on June 21 at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.