Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through Zoë Records and Drowned in Sound in April 2005.

Although its success was limited, Wainwright reached number 43 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

Wainwright's first release was an album-length independent cassette of ten tracks, Ground Floor, in 1997.

[2] This was followed in 1999 by her first EP, released under Querbes Service in 1999; two of its songs would later appear on her debut album (2005).

Wainwright released two EPs in 2005—Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole and I Will Internalize—both of which contained some tracks that also appeared on her self-titled studio album.