Not long ago, the members of Kansas found themselves in a bit of an uncertain situation, to say the least. “Three to four years ago, the main writers for Kansas - Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren - stated that they would no longer be writing for the band Kansas,” explains drummer Phil Ehart. “That didn't mean that Kerry might not write a song or two for a special project, but that the two of them were done writing any album length material for Kansas. The four of us decided that we were not done yet, and Native Window was born to scratch that ‘new material itch’.”