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The Winos, made up of Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel, have spent the past decade performing with heavyweights of alternative Americana: they\u2019ve toured with fellow misfit cowboys like MJ Lenderman<\/a> and Friendship<\/a>, and all three have played in the live ensemble for Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band.<\/a> (The trio also released its last two records, 2021\u2019s self-titled and 2024\u2019s Real Time, via Davis\u2019s Sophomore Lounge label.)<\/p>\n But where Lenderman or Friendship\u2019s Dan Wriggins are masters of a sort of brofundity, rendering philosophical portraits of washed-up athletes and shithead roommates, Styrofoam Winos seem more interested in exploring the untethered subconscious. \u201cWaking up is clocking out of dream time,\u201d Turner sings on \u201cOff My Mind.\u201d On \u201cNew Friend,\u201d Nikrant looks at sand slipping through an hourglass and sings, \u201cIn my imaginary world, we can all be friends.\u201d \u201cSomebody Wants to Send You a Message\u201d takes its inspiration from a porn bot on Facebook marketplace and twists it into a strange existential quest. On Any River, Styrofoam Winos recast the everyday indignities of adulthood\u2014empty fridges, empty wallets, empty malls\u2014as portals to a higher plane of existence.<\/p>\n The years spent honing their musical rapport on the road are evident on Any River. Turner, Nikrant, and Kenkel rotate instruments across the album, each taking turns on vocals, drums, guitar, and bass. The method could, among a less proficient group of musicians, come off as a fun but limiting gimmick. Instead, it enriches their sound, allowing them to flex between a raucous bar band on \u201cSwimminin\u201d and sweetly winsome folk trio on \u201cOff My Mind.\u201d Some songs, like \u201cBBQ,\u201d are driven by the steady heartbeat of bass and drums, while \u201cI Felt You\u201d is tethered by a trancelike guitar riff. Small flourishes\u2014piano and trumpet on \u201cNew Friend,\u201d pedal steel on \u201cNext Thing,\u201d bass clarinet (performed by album producer and Ryan Davis affiliate Jim Marlowe) on \u201cSomebody Wants to Send You a Message\u201d\u2014add texture without overpowering the band\u2019s central groove.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a communal undercurrent to Styrofoam Winos, as if their music was written to be picked up by the audience before the song\u2019s end. Like campfire songs or nursery rhymes, these tracks are both familiar and adaptive, organic and generative. The repetitions on \u201cPearl,\u201d the mouthful of syllables on \u201cSwimminin,\u201d and the wordless vocalizations on \u201cGettin\u2019 Down\u201d feel designed to be sung together, their rhymes and melodies meant to be easily intuited through a shared musical lineage of country and folk. Any River is an invitation to a cookout on the astral plane, a warm and weird glimpse into their collective unconscious.<\/p>\n
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