Tracklist:

1. Brown Bear
2. Return
3. Tricky
4. Sugarcoat
5. Old Chain Pier
6. Easter Island

Multi-instrumentalist Morgan Morris and lyricist Verity Slangens evocative blend of classic pop & folk has earned them widespread support from radio and press, as well as the coveted Sound of Young Scotland Award at the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Awards in 2023. In 2024, they signed to Fat Possum records at 18 and 19-years-old respectively, with just one self-released EP (Fishboy) to their name.

No Windows have continued to refine their atmospheric indie pop blend, combining warm Duster-style soundscapes with lo-fi experimentalism and nods to borderless indie-folk. The Great Traitor EP expands the duos sonic territory even further, leaving the more familiar indie traits behind in favour of lush, psychedelic arrangements that take their cues from 70s chamber pop (George Harrison, Leonard Cohen) and film score composer Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Produced with Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Sorry, Yard Act), the recording process took them out of Morgans DIY bedroom set-up and into a studio, where they had access to a breadth of instruments that allowed for more exploration across the EPs six tracks.

The Great Traitor marks a transitional period for No Windows, both as a band and as individuals. The songs came together while Morgan was in the process of deciding to drop out of university, while Verity had just started university and was adjusting to life there. For both of them, 2024 specifically felt like the transition from adolescence to adulthood. The EP reflects that in its blooming instrumentals and its emotional nuance. When I wrote [the lyrics for] Point Nemo I was very much a teenager and very hormonal still. I think this EP is coming out of that a little bit, Verity offers. For me, its a mediation between being a younger person to being someone in my 20s whos figuring things out a bit more.

The result is a series of heartfelt tracks that capture transient feelings at their most acute, while at the same time arranging them within the cinematic landscape of memory; an immortalisation of significant life events that have, for No Windows, already come and gone. Our music has always felt quite nostalgic to me, says Verity. I think The Great Traitor sounds like a snapshot in time. A picture, almost, of how we were in that moment.