When all this fades away
Where do we go
Somewhere spiritual
Dimensions and beings
Outer body feelings taking hold
Home is the only motive
How to get back to her
Tectonic shifts
Not enough oxygen
It's hard to breathe in here
There's a hallway and lights and open door
And I hear voices and they call me forward

We’re so close to kamikaze
Let's just kill ourselves
Create mass destruction
To medicated to function

Over the limit
Over
Na Na Na
Over the limit
Over

The transcendental law
The unwritten law
Something spiritual
Connection to beings
Devoid of reason
It’s cosmic
It’s written on the wall
Home is the only motive
How to get back to her
Tectonic shifts
Not enough oxygen
It's hard to breathe in here
And there is a reason that we got this close
Snap back but we still hear ghosts

We’re so close to kamikaze
Let's just kill ourselves
Create mass destruction
To medicated to function

Over the limit
Over
Na Na Na
Over the limit
Over

Written & Performed by Spray Allen
Guitar Solo Written & Performed by Paul Leary
Produced by Paul Leary
Mixed by Stuart Sullivan & Paul Leary
Recorded at Sonic Ranch with Jerry Ordonez

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Moving Into Tucson is basically the side effect of the COVID epidemic. Why, you will ask. Well for the simple reason that the band was formed during the pandemic. Can you call Moving Into Tucson a band? Well, yes as in, it's a band, with a singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer etc. But also no because it's not a band as usual. Band members do not come from the same city or even country, but from different parts of the world. When the world was in lock-down and many were forced to stay at home, there wasn't much left for musicians to do other than work from home. But, how? And better, with whom? Like for many, Zoom video brought a solution. Fortunately, we live in an advanced digital world and a lot is possible without necessarily having to be somewhere. Only someone who arranges it. This is where the label TCBYML, the label of the various artists in the band Moving Into Tucson, stepped in.  

Result, twenty songs composed over a period of 18 months. These have now been brought together, mixed, mastered and provided with artwork. In 2023, five of them will be released as singles and together with eight more songs will form the album "Distraction" that will see the light on November 24 of this year. A great initiative that may be followed up in 2024. Who's to say.  

Moving Into Tucson's music is comparable to that of the early 90's. The sound that all who participated could very much agree on. Moving Into Tucson is therefore for fans of: REM, Lemonheads, Sugar, The Posies, Buffalo Tom, Teenage Fanclub and the Counting Crows but also reminiscent to bands as U2 or The Police. Recognizable indie pop rock, sometimes dark, sometimes mysterious, or vague, but with depth in the music and certainly in the lyrics.

Distraction

Never Gonna Be Easy

Moving Into Tucson - Never Gonna Be Easy

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HALF CAB has its roots in punk and hardcore music. With their new songs the band is ready to engage a wider audience without losing their underground ethos. The result is music that is said to have "the energy of punk and the catchiness of pop". 

HALF CAB coming from The Hague, Netherlands is set to release their new EP in May 2024. Pete Maher, UK’s No1 independent mastering engineer gives the songs the power they deserve. Upfront, three songs from the EP will be released as singles. 

First single Rearview is about looking back on things in life. “It all looks simple in the rearview” is the recurring phrase in the song, and somewhat of a summary idea of the EP. Don't worry too much about the past, but focus on the future, no matter how dark and hopeless it may seem.

Rearview

HALF CAB - Rearview

After a debut album (The Questions, April 2025) that captivated listeners around the world, and a luminous follow-up EP (Reflected Hearts, October 2025) that marked their artistic breakthrough, The Indie Pea close the year in style — and with a wink.

Lights On, Lights Out is their take on the imperfect beauty of the holiday season. Blending shimmering indie rock and orchestral pop, the song glows with the band’s trademark warmth: lush strings, radiant harmonies, and melodies that sway between melancholy and magic.

Lyrically, it’s pure The Indie Pea — poetic, self-aware, and quietly hopeful. There’s tinsel in your coffee, glitter in your bed, neighbors lighting the night sky in neon blue — and still, somehow, love in the air. Because maybe Christmas isn’t about perfection, but about the small moments that make the chaos worth it.

Carrying on the beloved TCBYML Christmas tradition (previously celebrated by Moving Into Tucson, The Hengles, and Certain Animals), Lights On, Lights Out turns seasonal stress into shimmering serenity.

Raise a glass to the mess, sing that carol off-key, and let the lights flicker as they may — because it’s Christmas anyhow.

The Indie Pea – Lights On, Lights Out Lyrics 
 
Snowflakes on the pavement, melting way too fast 
Plastic reindeer smiling, like they’re built to last 
All I wanted this December, was a quiet night with you 
But the neighbors strung up neon, now my ceiling glows in blue 
 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow 
We’re stumbling through the season, don’t ask me why or how 
Raise a glass to chaos, sing a carol off-key loud 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow 
 
Tinsel in my coffee, glitter in my bed 
Silent night is broken by the voices in my head 
Everyone’s pretending this is joy we can’t deny 
But your hand is warm in mine, and that’s enough tonight 
 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow 
We’re stumbling through the season, don’t ask me why or how 
Raise a glass to chaos, sing a carol off-key loud 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow 
 
Maybe we don’t need the perfect tree 
Maybe all we need is you and me 
Let the records crackle, let the fire burn low 
It’s the mess that makes the season glow 
 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow 
We’re stumbling through the season, don’t ask me why or how 
Raise a glass to chaos, sing a carol off-key loud 
Lights on, lights out, it’s Christmas anyhow

The Indie Pea - Lights On, Lights Out

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The Indie Pea - Lights On, Lights Out

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