Crissi Cochrane is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter based in Windsor, Ontario,Crissi was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, She released her first recordings as a high school student, under the name "Save September", After graduation, Cochrane relocated to Halifax where she was based for three years before eventually moving to Windsor, Ontario in 2010,
While residing in Halifax, Cochrane studied Music Business at the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and began performing under her own name in 2009. In addition to her solo work, she held a role in indie rock band Gamma Gamma Rays from 2008 to 2010, and contributed guest vocals on Rich Aucoin's EP We're All Dying To Live (Sonic Records, 2011). At the EP's release show in Halifax, Crissi joined Rich for a duet of the song "Undead Pt. 1: Estrangement". Just weeks before moving to Ontario by train in August 2010, Crissi released Darling, Darling, a full-length album recorded at SOMA Electronic Music Studios in Chicago, Illinois. The record features guest performer Mike Kinsella (of Owen, American Football) on percussion and additional guitar. In the same month, Gamma Gamma Rays released the LP Beeps, recorded at the Echo Chamber in Halifax. The group disbanded after Crissi's departure.

In late 2011, Crissi released the EP Pretty Alright. The EP reached the 5 on the national folk chart for campus and community radio and #153 of the Top 200 in Canada for the month of December 2011