She went on to study performance and composition at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)[3] alongside Julia Holter, John Maus and Ariel Pink.

After leaving CalArts, Rossi relocated to Chicago and became a member of L.A. artist Carla Bozulich's touring band.

The album is named after Scandia, the city in Washington County, Minnesota where Rossi lived during her high school years.

After touring with Electrelane in 2007,[5] Rossi was signed to London independent record label Too Pure, who released her 7” single "Wheelpusher".

[11] Rossi's second album, Heavy Meadow, was initially self-released in September 2010, and was later released in May 2011 via UK label 3 Syllables.

On March 5, 2011, MTV Hive posted a streaming link to Anni Rossi performing Rihanna's "Rude Boy".

[13] After a six-year absence, Rossi released a mixtape of RnB demos, voice recordings and prank phone calls titled HER.

[15] In October 2017, Rossi was a guest speaker and performer at the Monthly Music Hackathon NYC hosted by Spotify.

The two track CDr, titled Peep Creek, was housed in packaging fashioned out of recycled LP jackets, sheets of fancy paper and gold star confetti.

[20] In 2017, Rossi produced Alex Rose's record ‘Arcadian Pages’ at Dandy Sounds Studio in Dripping Springs, TX.