The Paranoid Style * The Interrogator [LP]

From the Dolls-meets-the-devil opening title track to the desperate Sister Lovers-adjacent finale "The Findings," The Interrogator is thirteen vibrant, crackling, scary and hilarious songs which taken together represent nothing less than a thorough and thrilling moral inventory of our decadent and depraved times. Following up and doubling down on the themes of last year's lionized cult favorite For Executive Meeting, Elizabeth Nelson has authored an album as politically potent and pointedly hilarious as antecedents like The Mekons’ Rock 'n' Roll and Neil Young's on On the Beach and wed it to the sound of ZZ Top's Eliminator. As writers like Rob Sheffield and Robert Christgau have known for years Elizbeth Nelson has been one of our very best songwriters for going on a decade. On the charged anthem "Bad Day for the Group Chat" she reassesses the current state of affairs: "I have bested all my peers.” Tracklist: The Interrogator I Love the Sound of Structured Class The Ballad of Pertinent Information (Turn It on) Last Night in Chickentown The Return of the Molly Maguires Client Sales Styles Make Fights Are You Loathsome Tonight? Bad Day for the Group Chat That Drop Is Steep The Formal Print the Legend The Findings UPC: 032862030512 Label: Bar/none Records Release Date: 2.2.24 Format: New Vinyl Record