[nogabebop23]

I just want a simple player as well, so I've been using foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/

It doesn't get much more basic...

[ubercow13]

foobar2000 is deceptively complex, it's probably the most complex and featureful music player. It's not bloated with stuff like online service integrations or whatever, but it is not basic, especially when you consider its plugin ecosystem.

[dcanelhas]

I think you might be able to run mplayer in wsl if you want to go one step further in your quest for basic listening experience.