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, Elizabeth 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.