With a voice that St. John's-based newspaper The Telegram has described as "powerful yet serene and soulful", they received critical recognition from Canada, including a nomination at the Juno Awards.

Having written their first song at age 16 about a cousin who died in a traffic accident, Loder was studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland when they released The Way in August 2009.

As part of the award, Loder was given time with music industry and production professionals who helped them with Imperfections & Directions, which was released at the 2010 YC Newfoundland.

[6] Loder claims to have "natural rhythm" and that they began emulating the drummer at their Pentecostal church by beating on a pew with pencils at the age of two.

With encouragement from family, Loder concentrated on singing and songwriting, and performed this in addition to another song they subsequently wrote for a friend's graduation.

[9] Loder later said that this manner of selling the album proved to be a good way to develop a fanbase; people invited them into their homes for meals, prayer, and discussions.

[6] On November 14, 2009, Loder opened for the Newfoundland-based Christian rock band Anyday, which was launching its debut album, Got Extraordinary, at a benefit concert at Springdale's Indian River High School.

[5] Loder moved to St. John's in January 2010, and performed alongside Starfield and Roy Martin later that year at the Exploits Valley Salmon Festival gospel concert in Grand Falls-Windsor.

[6] A reporter for The Telegram newspaper wrote that Imperfections & Directions "demonstrates how Loder wears [their] faith and love of God on [their] sleeve.

"[4] Loder was nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards with Mary Barry; Teresa Ennis; Irene Bridger; and Amelia Curran, the eventual winner.

[11] Loder travelled to Ottawa, Ontario on March 28 to attend the awards ceremony, hosted by William Shatner at Scotiabank Place on April 1.

"[6] Although Loder lost the Juno Award to downhere, an alternative rock band, they said they enjoyed walking down the red carpet and would never forget meeting major Canadian musicians such as Blue Rodeo and Sam Roberts; Loder had an opportunity to sing and play guitar with Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy at the Junos.

[19] Loder returned to Newfoundland on April 2; the following month, they performed at Gros Morne National Park's Trails, Tails & Tunes Festival with Dave Paddon.

[7] In 2013, they were named a showcase winner by the Christian Women in Media Association (CWIMA) and were selected to perform at the organization's national conference.

Their career is unusual in that it began in CCM; most young musicians choose music genres such as country and pop, which are generally considered more likely to bring commercial success.

[18][6] In 2013, Loder said that they were starting to write and perform songs in other genres, and hoped that they would be able to transition out of CCM as Katy Perry, Lifehouse, and Creed had done previously.

[25] A CBC Radio reviewer called Loder "amazingly talented", their music "gorgeous" and their song "Playground" in particular "absolutely beautiful".

They called the experience "life-changing", and it gave them the opportunity to work with producer Justin Gray, a collaborator of Mariah Carey, John Legend, among others.

[1] The album is a combination of folk and pop,[27] and marks an effort to appeal to a mainstream audience; Loder co-produced 10 of the original tracks.

They said that the inspiration for "Molded Like a Monster" came from their own family's strict Christian views, where they had to hide their sexuality from other church peers but "felt guilty a lot of the time for just doing what made me happy".

[30][31] In January 2019, Loder released the single "Fearless"; the song was positively received and used in an IMAX trailer for Superpower Dogs, a documentary narrated by Chris Evans.

[29][32] In October of that year, they performed "Fearless" at The East Coast Music Hour, a series of concerts inspired by the themes of courage, transformation and longing.