Terrorbird

Born in a rural mountain town near Yosemite and raised in suburban Orange County, sleepy-eyed polymath Eric Lindley has recently staked out a home in Washington Heights, where he now records as Careful.
Though he is a published writer, orchestral composer, visual artist, and part time builder-of-robots, his first and fiercest love is making a blend of intimate songwriting, esoteric theory, and delicate electron- ics he reluctantly pigeonholes as 'Art-Folk.' In addition to playing bills with Xiu Xiu, Mount Eerie, and Lucky Dragons at venues such as The Smell and The Knitting Factory, he has shown internationally in galleries, museums and in residency, and edits a journal of experimental writing and arts called [out of nothing].
His music is warm, jagged bedroom folk for the post-industrial crash. You'll hear the influence of Will Oldham and Devendra Banhart here, but also Harry Smith field recordings, Gram Parsons, and musi- cians like Squarepusher and Autechre. On April 27th, Sounds Super Recordings releases the self-titled EP, Careful, as a free download at http://songs.carefulmusic.com/. It's got a little something for ev- eryone: 'Bounce' has the hoppy forward-motion of Johnny Cash and an incessantly catchy sing-along melody. 'The Jawbone Song' is an apocalyptic folk rave-up along the lines of Will Oldham's 'Nomadic Reverie (All Around).' 'Wow,' exclusive to this EP, is a nervy, aggressive fusion of multi-tracked har- monies and percussive acoustic guitar blasts, while 'Scrappy', from Careful's forthcoming album Oh, Light, is a gentle strummer, a mellow, nostalgic summer jam that conjures Super 8 footage of Coney Island.
Eric will play Cake Shop in NYC on Sunday, April 25th, to celebrate the release of the EP. On June 29th Sounds Super will digitally release the full-length album, Oh, Light. The record will be available in stores July 20th.
Eric Lindley has one of those gentle, Elliot-Smith voices, and makes beautiful lo-fi art-folk to go with it ... intimate, quirky songs with layered vocals that flow over warm acoustic guitar. Lindley colors his soft harmonies and restrained writing style with carefully placed electronics. - Bob Boilen, NPR
His quietly poetic album [Nightcat!] ... is a visceral record with quirk, irony and surprise. Aestheti- cally, it is an inventive blend of instruments with layers of experimental sound. He sings of themes not necessarily melancholic, but things that exist; the meanings are implicit so that listeners must imagine them for themselves.
- Sheila Dichoso, Campus Circle