This Window

This Window has been officially confirmed today as reaching No. 26 in a UK Alternative Chart — a position earned purely through listener plays, page visits, and genuine engagement . It’s a quiet but significant milestone, the kind that reflects a growing audience leaning into the project’s darker, more introspective sound world. At the centre of this rise is the featured chart track: “This Is Not the Way It Should Be” A slow‑burn lament built on a reggae‑influenced bassline a rolling low‑end pushes against an arrangement steeped in gothic minimalism . Everything is stripped back to essentials: skeletal percussion , shadow‑leaning synths , and the sudden flare of an angry piano chord that cuts through the gloom like a warning. The melody moves with a weary grace, while the vocal delivery is sad, stark, and unmistakably reminiscent of Leonard Cohen — half‑spoken, half‑sung, carrying the weight of something already broken. It’s a song that doesn’t rush to reveal itself; instead, it li...

There's plenty of life left in these old dogs... This Window has been around the block more than a few times on this mad, decades‑long creative journey — from cassette‑culture experiments to digital‑age reinventions. Yet somehow, against all logic and trend cycles, this eccentric, outsider strain of sound still resonates. Proof landed today: This Window has broken into a global Top 100 chart of alternative artists , a reminder that true independence and stubborn originality can outlast entire musical eras. Not bad for a project that was never supposed to fit neatly anywhere. This Is War by This Window This Window returns with This Is War , a compact, bruising collection that condenses the project’s restless experimentalism into nine tracks of darkwave, post‑punk, and analogue electronics. The album moves quickly — nine songs in just over half an hour — but each cut is carefully sculpted, trading immediate hooks for atmosphere and a sense of con...