Pacific Highway Music

Batten Down The Hatches

It Is

Stuck In Cheyenne

Aeroplane Heart

Landmines & Leftovers is a post-grunge reflection on love, conflict and the fine art of miscommunication.
Written after one of those days where everything almost works – until it doesn’t.
Gritty, melodic and bitter-sweet, with just enough self-awareness to sting.


Woke up calm but your tone was loaded
Peace talks died before they started
You want a partner, not a clone
But I can’t read your mind from my no-fly zone

Said you’re tired of doing it all
I step up, still take the fall
Set a boundary, take the hit
Guess I’m damned for even trying to fix it

We keep stepping on landmines and leftovers
Blowing up small talk into silent wars
Every smile’s got a loaded core
You say “relax” then slam the door
We’re bruised, confused, still standing somehow
But I can’t keep dancing through fallout now

One comment, and I’m public enemy
Even when I whisper, you weapon me
Your birthday turned into a scene
But I won’t apologize for trying to be seen

We keep stepping on landmines and leftovers
Kissing through gritted teeth and cold shoulders
What’s love if it needs to detonate
Every time we try to communicate
You want peace, I want out — and then
We start all over again

Maybe we’re built to bend and break
Maybe this storm is all we make
But I’d still rather crash with you
Than drive safe with anyone new

We keep stepping on landmines and leftovers
Digging through ash for what’s left of lovers
I’ll take the scars, the mess, the flame
As long as you still scream my name
We’re flawed, loud, burned and bruised —
But damn it, I still choose you

Landmines & Leftovers

The Indie Pea – Reflected Hearts

Some bands take years to find their voice. The Indie Pea needed only one.

After their acclaimed debut The Questions in April 2025, the Dayton-based band returns with Reflected Hearts — a five-track EP that feels less like a follow-up and more like a radiant leap forward. Where the album asked, this EP answers.

Across these songs, The Indie Pea refine their signature blend of shimmering indie rock and orchestral pop, carried by Campbell Anderson’s warm, unhurried vocals and the band’s seamless interplay of guitar, strings, and rhythm. It’s a sound that balances clarity and complexity, intimacy and scale.

From the searching pulse of Echoes And Answers to the reflective shimmer of Mirrored Days, the luminous rush of Electric Bloom, and the guiding calm of Heartbeat Guide, each track feels like a facet of the same story. The closing Cross Bridges ties it all together — a finale that looks both back and forward, capturing a year of rapid growth with unshakable confidence.

Reflected Hearts is more than a snapshot; it’s a statement. A band stepping into its own light, finding resonance in reflection, and proving that sometimes one year is all it takes.

The Indie Pea - Echoes And Answers

Your peace surrounds me through all my days

Dreamin'

Lull City

A-OK

'Pacific Highway Music reintroduces Skegss as the duo of Ben Reed and Jonny Lani presenting their most masterful and fully realized work to date. The Byron Bay-bred band’s third full-length album brings a newly heightened creative energy to every aspect of their explosive yet introspective form of rock. Centered on Reed’s frenetic and playful lyricism, Pacific Highway Music finds Skegss exploring the more complicated elements of the human experience with sincerity and unabashed joie de vivre.'

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