Far from the mainstream, Wright s pop-alt act rode the ups and downs of the music biz like a cowboy trying to break a bronco. In Crowsdell s case, the bronco won. When the band broke up, the trio of high school buddies parted ways, and Wright turned inward. I d had, Wright told alt-music publication Magnet in 1999. It was all about business.
People weren t passionate about music.
I wasn t impressed with labels, with bands getting signed none of it. I felt caught up in a world that disgusted me. With her band in ruins and her attitude shot, Wright retired to Pittsboro, N.C. to purge. The result was her stunning Quarterstick Records debut, flight safety. The haunting and beautiful 12-song collection has been called Southern gothic poetry, compared to the early work of Elliott Smith and dubbed a sibling of Edith Frost s Calling Over Time.