Peat Hicks

About Peat Hicks

After years spent driving the heartbeat of bands like Exit State and Breaking Waves – six studio albums, three live records, and countless miles across the UK and Europe – Peat Hicks stepped away from the stage. What began as a pause became a quiet turning point. Away from the noise, he found himself drawn not to the drum kit but to the glow of the mixing desk, where songs reveal their inner architecture and emotion becomes something you can sculpt.

That shift opened a door he’d never fully walked through: writing, performing, recording, and producing an album entirely on his own terms. Collaboration became something organic rather than expected – an accent, not a requirement. The result is a debut solo album that feels both intimate and expansive, shaped by the kind of honesty that only arrives when you stop running and finally sit with yourself.