wright's sixth album, "the metropolitan hotel", was released in february 2005 on dualtone. the album debuted at no. 18 on billboard's top country chart and reached no. 7 on the top independent albums chart. wright signed to vanguard records in 2008. she released her seventh studio album, "lifted off the ground", on may 4, 2010, produced by grammy award winner rodney crowell. in october 2014 wright's kickstarter campaign to fund her eighth studio album became the sixth most successful kickstarter music campaign and the number one campaign in country music. it raised $250,000, which will allow wright to record and promote the album and to produce a music video to be released in 2015.