‘Catch of the Day’ – A Thousand Horses – “Southernality” [VIDEO]

Today we focus on a group that was formed in Nashville in 2010, and who has survived early comparisons to Southern Rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, proving that their meteoric rise in the Country music world is definitely more than mirrors and "Smoke".

A year ago, the name A Thousand Horses meant little to those in the Country music world. Those that knew of the band from Nashville, thought of them as a Southern Rock/country hybrid, unsure where they would fit in the music spectrum. But now, a year after the release of their debut single "Smoke", the group has two top-10 country singles under their belt, including their #1 debut single.

Made up of childhood friends Michael Hobby and Bill Satcher, along with Satcher's cousin Graham DeLoach, the trio started playing together in Hobby and Satcher's home town of Newberry, South Carolina. The trio moved to Nashville to write songs, developing a bond that is the basis of the band to this day. They then added a "friend of a friend", Atlanta native Zach Brown and the band was set. The band's name comes from a line from a song on their self-titled debut album, released by Interscope Records in 2010. The album was recorded

The debut album met with little success chart-wise, but the single "Suicide Eyes" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 remake of the movie Footloose. In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine called the best up and coming band, based on their performance that year at Austin City Limits Festival, citing their "undeniable energy and stage presence and their live performance." In 2014, they signed with Republic Nashville Records. The partnership led to the 2015 album Southernality. The debut single became the first debut single for a Country group to hit #1 since the Zac Brown Band's "Chicken Fried" in 2008. Their second single "(This Ain't No) Drunk Dial", which peaked at #10.

Today's spotlight falls on the third single from the album, the title track. A Thousand Horses and "Southernality" is today's Catch of the Day, new music you haven't heard, but you want to hear it again.