Lou Turner- Microcosmos CD

Microcosmos, the follow-up to her celebrated 2020 album Songs for John Venn (SPINSTER), was co-produced by Turner and Ross Collier, and tracked live in the barn of a friends’ family farm in Alabama in May 2021 with Collier, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel—all four members of Nashville’s resident weird rock collective, the Styrofoam Winos. The resulting sound has that tight-but-loose feeling that can only be achieved by a group of people who are completely comfortable with each other creatively, who can take risks with sounds of horns, coconuts, and pots and pans, while knowing when to pull back, keep it simple, and let Turner’s songs shine. The result feels akin to efforts by the Silver Jews or Lambchop (of which the bassist Matt Swanson appears on “Green and Growing”) or Bill Callahan’s more recent cosmic country records—warm and playful but not excessively ornamented, with the songwriter and her songs front and center. - Spinster