After releasing her debut album Room Where She Lives, she moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2007 and began to ingrain herself within the local music scene.
[3][4] She collaborated with Australian Jordie Lane as the duo Fireside Bellows, and they released an album No Time to Die.
[1] Her first album in Australia was 2011's Fire From Burning,[3][5] and saw McNeil move away from her previous work's traditional country sound, and instead experimented with pop and rock influences.
[1] Following the album's release, McNeil married Luke Sinclair of the alt-country band Idle Hoes.
[6] Prior to the album's release, McNeil and Sinclair began planning a collaborative project named Bell Street Delays.