At the age of 23, Michalitsianos moved to the
United States at the invitation of
Mark Linkous, where she performed on the albums
Good Morning Spider and ''
It's a Wonderful Life'' by his indie rock band
Sparklehorse. After her time with Sparklehorse, Michalitsianos moved to
Upstate New York, where she set up her own studio. Though the studio and almost all her compositions were destroyed in an explosion, Michalitsianos herself was not harmed. On 10 April 2006 she released her debut album
The Bells of 1 2 on Grönland Records/Rough Trade. Michalitsianos wrote, sang, played and produced all 12 tracks on the album herself. The track "Enter One" was featured in several films and TV shows:
Standoff,
Son of a Gun,
Dark (season 1, episode 6),
Final Space (season 1, episode 6),
9-1-1: Lone Star (season 3, episode 2) and
Ideal (season 4, episode 8). On 1 March 2012 the EP
The Bird Calls, and Its Song Awakens the Air, and I Call was released first on
iTunes and later also in
FLAC format. The EP is no longer available on Grönland Records but only as an online download. The songs that were released on the EP are now available on her 2020 album I Am As You Are, Pt 1. == Personal life ==