Thee Windows
Baltimore’s Thee Windows started as guitarist and songwriter Dustin O’Keefe’s bedroom project Dusty Tupelo. Having played in various New Orleans-based bands throughout the 2010s (notably opening for Bully, Homeshake, and Pinegrove), he relocated to Baltimore in 2018. There he enlisted bassist Keegan Gore (who makes their own music as Sleeper’s Awake) and drummer Chris Birch of the Victory Records signed math-rock quartet The Junior Varsity to round out the trio.
Perhaps influenced by the colder weather of Baltimore compared to south Louisiana, or maybe the energy of the collaborative experience, the new songs had a certain edge that was missing before. As the group’s writing and recording process progressed, the sound morphed from drum-machine and synth based experimentation into straight up indie rock with nods to shoegaze, emo, folk, and post-punk.
“It’s like The Doors, not that I like them that much,” says O’Keefe. ”You know, when God closes a door she opens a window.” As for the extra vowel on “the,” the songwriter/producer notes, “There’s a fairly large software company with claims to the name. Litigations are pending.”