No Windows sign to Fat Possum and announce forthcoming EP, Point Nemo

No Windows kicked off the ninth edition of BEST FIT's Five Day Forecast yesterday evening (15 January) alongside Della X0Z and Viji. Accompanying the news of their signing is the announcement of a forthcoming EP, Point Nemo, and its first single, "Song 01".

Slangen and Morris met as young teenagers at school in Edinburgh, after Morris came across Slangen – in the year above – who shared videos online of her singing. They quickly established a friendship and an artistic bond, with Slangen adding her emotionally charged lyrics to Morris' bedroom recordings. In December 2022, their debut EP Fish Boy was released.

“Fish Boy was our first experience of putting together a body of work,” explains Morris. “With Point Nemo we’ve gained a lot of confidence and knowledge. I think we improved on a lot of the basics as well: structuring songs, stronger melodies.”

“I have always been drawn to books focusing on isolation and what it is like to be outed from social groups,” says Verity, who also cites I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg and Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. “The book emulates desperation and dread so perfectly. The song is written about that feeling, knowing that you are going to lose something when it’s all you have. Writing it opened me up to a whole new way of writing lyrics.”

In a notable change for the duo, “Point Nemo” saw them writing together in the same room for the first time. The EP is also their first time introducing an outside producer into the fold: Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Sorry, Yard Act, Aldous Harding, Soccer Mommy, Youth Lagoon) who mixed the album with Morgan and Verity in his Bristol studio. “That was our first time passing on an element of control to someone outside of us,” says Morris, who admits he and Slangen are both “massive fans” of Ali’s previous work. “There was an interesting balance: we were quite clear on what we wanted and he was amazing when it came to realising that, but he also added elements that I wouldn’t have thought of.”