Gonson later returned to the Boston area to attend Harvard University, and joined the group Lazy Susan, which also included Therese Bellino and Shirley Simms.

She appears extensively in Strange Powers, the 2009 documentary by Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara about Merritt and The Magnetic Fields.

She has written and performed her own music with Shirley Simms, Michael Hearst, Tanya Donelly and Rick Moody.

She has also played drums in Providence, Rhode Island–based band Honeybunch and performs as the lead vocalist in Merritt's Future Bible Heroes project.

"[5] In that interview, Gonson noted that she feels that Merritt's songs are predominantly about "Loneliness, isolation, and the need to be recognized by another person."