Eric Lindley

{{short description|American singer}}

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| birth_date = 1982

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| origin = Los Angeles

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| occupation = Writer, musician, artist

| years_active = 2003–present

| label = Sounds Super Recordings

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| website = http://www.ericlindley.com

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Eric Lindley (born December 10, 1982) is an American artist, writer, and musician working primarily in Los Angeles and New York City under the name Careful. His work includes recorded and live "glitch folk,"[http://newyork.timeout.com/events/rock-pop-soul/355880/4606055/careful Time Out Listing: Careful] works of fiction, poetry, performance art, photography, and interactive installation.

After getting degrees in physics and music at Dartmouth College, Lindley studied composition with James Tenney, at The California Institute of the Arts.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16323770 NPR Feature: Eric Lindley] Still at Cal Arts, he released "Nightcat!" under the name Careful, and scored numerous short and feature films, as well as several performance works. He was active in the Los Angeles music scene, playing with Anna Oxygen, Lucky Dragons, and Phil Elverum of The Microphones at venues like The Smell.

In 2008, he moved to New York, where he released both "Careful" and "Oh, Light," the latter recorded in his partner's closet in Washington Heights, Manhattan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nypress.com/article-21652-stranger-in-the-room.html |title=NY Press Interview: A Stranger in the Room |access-date=October 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925134505/http://www.nypress.com/article-21652-stranger-in-the-room.html |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }} There, he also recorded a cover of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance."[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/arts/music/05choice.html New York Times Review of "Oh, Light"]