Bar None Records

Happy release day to ! Known Associates has arrived! 🫨

“The more you know about music history, the more you know about music history in DC, the more you know about the state of the world, the more you’re going to find to latch onto in this record.” - NPR New Music Friday

A fever dream of Van Morrison-horns and Leonard Cohen sentiments, Known Associates is the LP which ratifies the steady rising reputation of Elizabeth Nelson as one of our insurgently crucial songwriters. Like her longtime hero Lucinda Williams (did you listen to her Passionate Kisses cover?), Nelson’s slow burn has run side by side with an ever-growing literary reputation. Known Associates is regal, ragtag and filled with the sort of hard luck stories, busted-up epiphanies and thrift store miracles that will be familiar to any fan of Richard Thompson, David Berman, or Tom Waits.

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“I wrote it about Don Henley, or anyway my idea of who Don Henley might be behind all of the swagger. In some ways he is the saddest and most clear eyed observer of his own generation.” - Elizabeth Nelson

Known Associates releases 02/13! You can pre-order the record on Bandcamp.