Known Associates

Description

Known Associates is the exhilarating follow-up to The Paranoid Style’s acclaimed 2024 album, The Interrogator, a veritable panic attack. A fever dream mixing Van Morrison-esque brass and Leonard Cohen-esque ambiance, Known Associates confirms Elizabeth Nelson’s growing reputation as one of the most crucial songwriters in today’s music scene. Much like her lifelong idol, Lucinda Williams, Nelson's gradual ascent has been accompanied by growing literary recognition. She has collaborated with the New York Times, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, and the Oxford American, and has written liner notes for reissues by Bob Dylan and The Replacements. Royal, eclectic, and filled with tales of bad luck, broken epiphanies, and thrift store miracles that are sure to fascinate fans of Richard Thompson, David Berman, or Tom Waits, mystics and statisticians are already saying it: Known Associates is one of the best albums of 2026, and Elizabeth Nelson is one of the best singer-songwriters in the world.