[3] She released her debut EP Sour Pie independently in 1995,[1] before it was rereleased nationally by MCA Records in 1996.

[6] At the 1998 Juno Awards, she won the Best New Solo Artist category,[7] and was nominated for Best Alternative Album for Stuff and Best Video for "Elmo".

Following Stuff, McNarland ended up taking an unplanned five-year hiatus from music after marrying videographer Jay Mirus and giving birth to her first child.

[12] She then provided backing vocals on the track "Wishing You Would Stay" on The Tea Party's 2004 album Seven Circles,[13] and again collaborated with Good on "Pony Boy", one of the new songs on his 2005 greatest hits package In a Coma.

[16] She collaborated with Matt Good once again on his cover of Kate Bush's song Cloudbusting on his 2015 album Chaotic Neutral.