WUD Music Presents: John Mark Nelson with Luke Mathison

When people hear John Mark Nelson's music for the first time, there's often a sense of disbelief. With arrangements that recall the work of veteran songwriters, the 21-year-old Minnetonka, Minn., native has been recording sophisticated compositions since he was 14. Like a younger version of Dirty Projectors frontman David Longstreth, Nelson possesses incredible attention to detail, with instrumentation and lyricism that feel completely plotted out, yet still fresh and new.