Jesse Nickerson, Shayne Greene and Mike Harvey formed Amber Dust in April of 2005. For the next several months, the band rehearsed and worked on bits of songs, in hopes of understanding the direction that was to be taken.

The recording sessions for what would later become "without windows" began in December of 2005. Due to the fact that there were only 3 memebers of Amber Dust, rehearsing the songs with all possible instruments was completely impossible. Most of the songs only contained a handful of ideas before they were put to tape. It was only through dilligent retracking that most of the tracks began to take shape. Recording continued until late October of 2006. In all, about 18 tracks were recorded.

"Without Windows" was released on November 30th, 2006. Since the release, the album was voted #33 in the Altcountrytab.ca Gambler Awards. Amber Dust took December and most of January to relax and regroup. During this time, due to a change in location almost 2 hours away, Mike Harvey felt it was best to leave the band. There were no hard feelings, and he is still very much involved with Amber Dust behind the scenes. The rest of the band decided to stick to two members and leave the primary piano spot open, should Mike ever decide to return at a later date.

Work on the follow up to "without windows" began in late January 2007, and on April 15, 2008, Amber Dust released an EP entitled "Good Things / Bad Timing" which featured A.J. Piga on the pedal steel throughout. Other songs written and recorded during this time will soon be heard, hopefully by this fall, in the form of the band's second full length album.