Pet Deaths - The Window (Part One)

Pet Deaths’ third record, The Window (Part one) takes you on a musical pilgrimage where folk intimacy, slacker rock, classic pop brilliance, and shimmering psychedelic bliss collide in a heart-opening embrace. Karima’s signature vocals sit elegantly between vulnerable introspection, radiant joy and utter desperation, weaving bittersweet melodies that feel deeply personal yet universally resonant. 

Recording took place at Courtyard Studios in Oxfordshire, a residential studio where the band would lock themselves away with their longtime producer Ian Davenport (Gaz Coombes, Slowdive) for as long as their money allowed, retreating back into the world only to earn enough to return, this went on spanning over two years following their last European tour (Oct/Nov 2022). The majority of the instrumentation heard on the record comes directly from the duo, with the exception of collaborations and appearances from friends Jesse Chandler of Midlake (Flute), Vincent Curson Smith (Trumpet), Arthur Sawbridge (Strings) & the Luminous Ruth Bradley (Slow Horses) on backing vocals. The sessions were sporadic, intense, and deliberately unvarnished. 

The resulting album isn’t just a collection of songs but a document of survival. A portrait of a mind unraveling and reassembling itself.