[1][2] In 2003, due to a severe bout of clinical depression, fears for her safety prompted the government of New Zealand to make her a ward of the state and place her in a mental institution in Auckland.
[5] In addition, she collaborated with rapper Serengeti and producer Tony Trimm in the group Yoome, which released the album The Boredom of Me in 2008.
[7] While recording Tells You to Fight in Chicago, Carafice met the Nashville-based band Heavy Cream, who she eventually followed to move to Nashville.
[9] It was recorded at Hill Street Studios in Onehunga, New Zealand, and produced by Jamie Stewart in Chicago.
[10][11][12] Carafice's third album, Power Animals, was released in 2014 on her own label, Bird Army Records.