This Window

  “ Is This Custer’s Last Stand? ” arrives like a warning flare — a jam‑packed jamboree of big, room‑shaking drums and overdriven guitars, all pushing forward with a kind of ragged determination. The vocal doesn’t shout; it asks. Almost under its breath, almost to itself: is this truly our last stand. The track sits somewhere between protest song and apocalyptic chant. The lyrics circle around collapse, identity, and the uneasy sense that history repeats whether we want it to or not. "as bottles on the racks are all full, inscribed with names but all faceless…” — a line that feels like a whole civilisation has been preserved, catalogued, and depersonalised. Extractivism by This Window The title nods toward the Battle of the Little Bighorn — Custer’s Last Stand — a moment mythologised, misremembered, and endlessly repurposed. But here it’s not about 1876. It’s about now: the sense of being outnumbered by events, outpaced by change, pushed to the edge of something we can’t quite nam...

This Album is completely free - no registration or email address required Hopeless 1988 - 2026 by This Window Hopeless 1988 - 2026 - Free!! Free Download This free digital compilation on Bandcamp, created as an open‑door introduction to the world of This Window. It gathers material recorded across nearly four decades, tracing the project’s evolution from its earliest cassette‑culture experiments to its current digital work. The tracks span sessions made on compact cassette and ¼‑inch reel‑to‑reel tape through to computer‑based recording and rendering. Heard together, they form a quiet documentary of changing methods, technologies and aesthetics — from analogue hiss and tape saturation to the cleaner, sculpted edges of digital production. Rather than a “best of”, it’s a cross‑section: fragments, sketches, finished pieces and recovered moments that map the shifting sound of This Window from 1988 right up to 2026. As a free download, it offers a simple way for new listeners to step into t...

  The Goat — A Study in Outsider Compilation Culture Buy On Discogs A Various‑Artists Release With a Curatorial Edge Although technically a “Various Artists” release, The Goat feels curated rather than assembled. Each track contributes a distinct texture — from abrasive electronics to lo‑fi guitar sketches, from rhythmic experiments to atmospheric drift pieces. The sequencing is deliberate: the compilation moves like a mixtape made by someone with a deep affection for the obscure and the overlooked. Rather than smoothing the edges, the release celebrates them. The result is a portrait of a scene that doesn’t quite exist in one place, but emerges through shared sensibilities: independence, experimentation, and a refusal to conform to commercial expectations. Side A   A1. Mike Shirra with P.B. – Tonight A2. This Window – A Collection Of Pieces Of Tape Edited Together Side B   B1. Selfs Without Shells – Lived You Before B2. Selfs Without Shells – 2000 Years B3. S...

Cassette Culture transferred to CD in 2005 This is a genuine, factory‑pressed CD — not a CDr.The material was first issued in 2005; this edition is a strictly limited run of 50 copies. The cover artwork is a stripped‑back variant of the original commissioned design, created specifically to echo the minimalist, hand‑assembled aesthetic of the early This Window cassette culture releases.  Buy Here Tracklist & Recording / Release Dates Trapped In The Hometown - FTS - 1990 (3.45) Don't Think I Can Make It - TW - 2002 (1.55) Ciao Again - TW - 2005 (2.50) A Moment Longer - TW - 1996 (3.21) Crash87 - TW - 1989 (0.48) Playing At Life - FTS - 1985/86  (3.08) Solace - FTS - 1990 (4.06) Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn - FTS - 1985 (3.02) Naked - TW - 2005 (3.25) Nepal - TW - 1989 (4.37) Ripples In The Water - FTS - 1985 (1.15) Reviews “Finish The Story are one of Worcestershire's lost bands. Sinister, brooding, icy, haunting and ethereal - their music was like nothing else at the tim...

This Is War by This Window A track from ' This Is War ' an album that was written and recorded at Morgue Studio (Devon) between 2025 and 2026. All tracks were mixed down April - May 2026. “This Is Not The Way It Should Be” — A Slow‑Burn Lament with a Reggae Pulse “This Is Not the Way It Should Be” is built around a warm, reggae‑inflected bassline played by Peter Bright , the track’s low‑end rolls forward with a quiet insistence, pushing against an arrangement that otherwise leans toward gothic minimalism . That tension — warmth beneath coldness, movement beneath stillness — becomes the song’s emotional engine. The instrumentation is deliberately sparse. Skeletal percussion keeps time like a heartbeat heard through a wall. Shadow‑leaning synths drift in and out of frame, more presence than melody. An angry piano chord punctuates the mix, a flash of human frustration in an otherwise subdued landscape. Over it all sits a vocal delivery that is sad, stark, and unmistakably Cohe...

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...

This Is War by This Window This Is War 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 controlled unease. [^1] Recording and Production The majority of This Is War was written and recorded at Morgue Studios in Devon across 2025 and 2026. The sessions yield a record that feels both intimate and deliberately claustrophobic: synth textures and analogue grit sit close to the listener, while guitars and percussion are often mixed to accentuate tension rather than release. All tracks were mixed down in April–May 2026 , and the album was released in late May 2026. These production details help explain the record’s tight, immediate sound and its consistent tonal palette. [^1] Sound and Themes This ...