For three years and over three studios, when not touring the world she wrote and recorded songs outside of her role within a band setting.

Toronto weekly paper Now Magazine, having just voted Amy "Toronto's Best Female Singer" declared, "in terms of sheer vocal ability, Amy Millan's remarkable voice steals the award...a note-perfect mezzosoprano that flutters between girlishly flirtatious and huskily lonesome melancholy."