Heavy riffs. Endless horizons.
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Desert rock · Alternative rock · Hard rock
Highway Lantern is a cinematic desert rock project built around fuzz-heavy guitars, blues-inspired melodies and stories of the American Southwest. Its songs explore memory, isolation and the pull of the open road.
Latest single: Static and Gravel — listen now. Released October 30, 2026.
Set against the backdrop of Tucson, Arizona, Highway Lantern’s story begins in 2020. As the pandemic slowed everyday life, four friends began making music together between work and family commitments. Informal evenings with guitars and amplifiers gradually developed into a shared project.
Over the following years, those sessions brought together desert rock, blues and psychedelic influences. In 2026, Highway Lantern began releasing music through Wallstone Records, opening its recorded story with Engine and the Wheel and continuing through Ghost Town Radio, Dust Never Sleeps and Static and Gravel.
Meet the Band
Four friends. Four different personalities. One shared passion for guitar-driven rock.
Levon Kest | Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Levon Kest gives Highway Lantern its weathered vocal character. His understated delivery carries the project’s stories, while his rhythm guitar holds the songs together beneath the lead lines.
Hollan Brice | Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals
Hollan Brice moves between blues-inspired melodies, soaring leads and thick fuzz riffs. His guitar parts balance intensity with space, adding atmosphere around Levon’s vocals.
Rafe Bellin | Bass Guitar
Rafe Bellin anchors the arrangements with steady bass lines and a restrained sense of groove, giving the guitars room while keeping each song moving.
Tavin Morrow | Drums
Tavin Morrow supplies the rhythmic momentum, shifting from hypnotic, slow-burning grooves to forceful beats as the songs build.
The Sound of Highway Lantern
The hypnotic grooves of Queens of the Stone Age, the blues atmosphere of All Them Witches and the darker textures of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club offer reference points for Highway Lantern. The project brings those influences into songs shaped by Southwestern landscapes and intimate storytelling.
Highway Lantern Releases
Static and Gravel (2026)
Released October 30, 2026. The fourth single from Highway Lantern continues the journey with heavy guitar riffs, driving rhythms and the raw energy of the open road. Static and Gravel captures the restless spirit at the center of the band’s desert rock identity.
Listen to Static and Gravel and explore Highway Lantern on streaming platforms.
Dust Never Sleeps (2026)
The third chapter in the Highway Lantern story explores memory, acceptance and the things we carry with us. Heavy guitar textures, driving rhythms and cinematic desert rock frame a song about learning to live with the past rather than trying to outrun it.
Listen on Spotify or Amazon Music. Read more in the story behind Dust Never Sleeps.
Ghost Town Radio (2026)
Released July 31, 2026, Ghost Town Radio takes Highway Lantern deeper into the night. Built around fuzz-driven guitars and atmospheric storytelling, the song follows a mysterious radio signal somewhere along a forgotten desert highway.
Listen on Spotify or Apple Music.
Engine and the Wheel (2026)
Released July 24, 2026, Engine and the Wheel marked the beginning of Highway Lantern’s recorded journey. Heavy riffs, open highways and the restless need to keep moving established the foundation for the band’s cinematic desert rock sound.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube.