 In Portland, Sain continued doing both performance and production work.He briefly joined the local Cure tribute band theXplodingboys in 2003, which he would rejoin in 2009.Sain participated in the band Electromagnet, with Ashe Ruppe and also Marshal Serna of Sumerland, releasing one E.P.. Then Sain began a full band, also named Submarine Fleet, that included Mark Linder and Ashe Ruppe, as well as Dhanan Zakheim on bass guitar and Daniel Canty on drums.