Thomas' appearance on the song "Parking Lot", from Damien Jurado's album Ghost of David, brought her to the attention of Sub Pop Records, who signed her in 2000.

[1] Her first recording for the label was a duet with Jurado on "Wages of Sin" on Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.

The album featured Eric Fisher (who Thomas met at Cornish College) on guitar and keyboards and Andy Myers on drums.

In March 2006, her song "Faith's Silver Elephant" appeared on the Paper Bag Records compilation See You on the Moon!

[4] In April 2006, Pitchfork erroneously reported that Thomas and American musician Sufjan Stevens were having a baby together, but later published a retraction.