Forgiving
Tracks
Runtime 51 min
Credits:
All songs & lyrics by Lindsay Anderson.*
Produced by Jim Gifford, Wesley Reno and Lindsay Anderson
Engineered by Wesley Reno at Narwal Studios
Mixed by Wesley Reno
Lindsay Anderson: Vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Yamaha CP88, Prophet, Nord and synths, flute
Wesley Reno: Bass, guitar, Hammond B3
Jim Gifford: Drums
Chris Poland: Guitar on “Down Below”
Nick Macri: Acoustic bass
Rick Embach: Vibraphone
*”Transmitted” written by Anderson/Reno
Anderson’s newest work, Forgiving, is a 12-song conceptual journey inspired by the romantic and artistic entanglement of surrealist painters Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst.
Moved by Carrington’s autobiographical text Down Below, Anderson delves into themes of love, artistic identity, power dynamics, and feminine self-reclamation. Drawing parallels between her own experiences as an artist and muse, Anderson reflects on the challenges of defining one’s voice within male-dominated creative spaces. Her songs become a medium for reclaiming that voice—fusing autobiography with myth, dream logic, and archetypal storytelling.
“While my creative and romantic relationships have formed me as an artist, they’ve also distanced me from my true voice,” she says. “This project is about reclaiming that voice, and reshaping the narrative on my own terms.”
In this body of work, Anderson inhabits characters like Lewis Carroll’s Alice—no longer innocent, but older, restless, and yearning for meaning. In a Wonderland turned darker and more coercive, she meets the Wolf, a seductive figure inspired by Carrington’s paintings, and navigates the liminal space between desire and self-liberation.
At its core, her latest album is a love story—intense, impractical, and timeless—between two artists navigating creation, intimacy, and loss. Through her music, Anderson invites listeners to join her on a journey that is both deeply personal and universally human: a meditation on embracing shadow as part of wholeness and finding one’s true self in the process.
Currently finalizing the album at Narwal Studios in Chicago, Anderson is also developing a large-scale, choreographed theatrical experience of the album — a full-bodied heroine’s journey told through music and dance.
“This project is about reclaiming my voice, and reshaping the narrative on my own terms.”
Composer/Songwriter, Musician, Vocalist
Performs as Lindsay Anderson, L’altra, Same Waves
Chicago & World-Wide
contact:
hello@lindsayandersonmusic.com
+1 847 626 4222
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Live Performance
Anderson has performed this work solo and with a band over the last year while developing and recording the songs. Most recently she presented the full body of work at Space Evanston.
Her band is currently comprised of Wesley Reno (guitar), Jim Gifford (drums) and Gros Potoski (bass).
“Anderson…crafted a tale around universal artistic themes: the power and seduction of love, finding and exploring a muse, taking stock of and cultivating your own agency. The songs themselves were certainly fervent, and their instrumental arrangements appropriately expansive and epic.”
“The Last Show”
Space Evanston | February 5, 2025
“Wild Love”
Space Evanston | February 5, 2025
“Narcissus”
Space Evanston | February 5, 2025
“Winter” Tori Amos cover
Space Evanston | February 5, 2025
Artist Bio
Lindsay Anderson is a Chicago-based singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose work explores the intimate and mythic terrain of human emotion, transformation, and identity. Her music blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy, weaving deeply personal narratives with symbolic and surreal imagery. Through lush, atmospheric arrangements and introspective lyricism, Anderson creates sonic landscapes that are both tender and otherworldly.
As co-founder of the Chicago group L’Altra (Aesthetics, Hefty, St. Marie Records, Talitres), Lindsay has released six full-length albums and six EPs / singles. Her performances have reached audiences around the globe, and her talents—voice, lyrics, and instrumentation—have contributed to a wide array of collaborations with artists such as Telefon Tel Aviv (Ghostly, Hefty), Wrekmeister Harmonies (Thrill Jockey), Edith Frost (Drag City) and others. Her 2018 album, “Algorithm of Desire” (Flau), released under the name Same Waves, serves as a precursor to her newest body of work.
Anderson has shared the stage with artists such as Cowboy Junkies, Todd Rundgren, Wilco, Cat Power, Damo Suzuki, and Drag City artists Edith Frost and Bonnie Prince Billy. She holds a BA in English and Spanish from the University of Colorado and brings a multidimensional background including five years of classical voice training and a foundation in ballet.
Based in Evanston, IL she continues to perform regularly. Her music is often described as ethereal and spiritually charged — sonic dreamscapes shaped by Wurlitzer, Rhodes, piano, synths, and echoing vocals and guitar. Critics have likened her sound to a Rothko painting: abstract, immersive, and emotionally stirring. Anderson's genre-blurring compositions move from dream pop to neo-classical to indie rock, always through an autobiographical lens. Her storytelling invites listeners into intimate reflections on identity and connection — spaces for solace, healing, and transformation.
contact:
hello@lindsayandersonmusic.com
+1 847 626 4222
