About
Loose Associates is a duo from South Bend, IN, creating music in the range of folk, Americana, indie, and a little punk. With guitar, mountain banjo and vocal harmonies as their weapons, they strike the world with revolutionary whimsy.
Loose Associates delves into themes of liberation, the environment, love, mutual aid, freedom, and community building through vignettes of personal experience set to beautiful, catchy melodies. They invite their audience to seek their own truths, understand the world critically, and embrace their local communities.
Playing together since February 2023, Sophia Wilson and Mark Anella take inspiration from legends like Gillian Welch, Waxahatchee, and I’m with Her.
On the eve of releasing their own debut album, they have also worked with other Midwest staples, ‘BEE! The Band,’ and ‘Tedward and Friends,’ on a collaborative record, set to release late spring 2026, and two anti-ICE Christmas singles, respectively. Mark also has a collection of solo albums and EPs under his name, available on all streaming platforms.
The duo has also had the pleasure of being featured as the spotlight artist on 88.1 WVPE Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour with Mike Vial and the Great Lake Effect.
Sophia and Mark are joined by loose associates, JP Pelton on the fiddle, and Isaac Fisher on the bass.
