H.U.M.A.N.W.I.N.E. is a Vermont-based band with early roots in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It’s founded by Holly Brewer and Matthew McNiss and has had a long history of rotating lineups of supporting musicians. Their name is said, with tongue in cheek, to be an acronym of the phrase, “Humans Underground Making Anagrams Nightly While Imperialistic Not-Mes Enslave”,a reference to the subtly-coded lyrics that comprise most of their songs.