Eric Lindley

All the world's strange, droning acoustic acts have likely started to blur into one for a lot of people, but even they would have to admit that Eric Lindley sits near the darker fringe of the blur. The New Yorker undercuts the basic singer-songwriter fixings with pitch-warped harmonies and instruments ranging from melodica to harmonium to jaw harp. Each part of Lindley's arrangements quietly rises up to gently push the whole in a stranger direction. Even if you think you've heard the same effect before, from his aptly claimed influences Xiu Xiu and The Microphones, it's hard not to admire Lindley's subtle methods.  

Updated 03/01/2010