Annabelle Chairlegs sees through the haze on new LP Waking Up

Jan 30, 2026 | 4:59 pm

Austin-based singer-songwriter Lindsey Mackin, a.k.a. Annabelle Chairlegs, is coming to consciousness and greater prominence with her third LP, Waking Up, out January 30. The dreamy album is appropriately hard to pin down but easy to listen to, a continuation of what the local artist has become known for over her 12 years in Austin so far.

Waking Up contains four singles — “Heavy Sleeper,” “Concrete Trees,” “Ice Cream On The Beach,” and “Patty Get Your Gun” — six more regular tracks, and two bonus tracks for 12 in total. This release is her first with Todo Records, which is based in Austin with photographer Pooneh Ghana as well as New York City with Simon and Meesh Halliday.

“This is the first time I’ve ever released anything with a label, and it’s interesting to have perspective,” says Mackin. “They all voted for [“Heavy Sleeper”] as a single. And I was like, ‘No way!’ … That’s one of the oldest songs I’ve written on the album. So I think I just had a lot of space from it, and I was kind of forgetting about her a little bit.”…

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