A rootsy and road-tested Southern rock ensemble with both bar band swagger and country-pop smarts, Nashville's A Thousand Horses specialize in a blend of hard-hitting classic rock, modern country, and highway-ready Americana, combining the Southern rock of the Black Crowes and Lynyrd Skynyrd with a hardscrabble craft that's equal parts heartland rock and Red Dirt country. After cutting their teeth for several years, they broke through with their debut single, "Smoke," which topped the Billboard Country Airplay charts in 2015. A Thousand Horses spent the next few years building their audience and sharpening their attack through constant touring punctuated by the occasional single or EP, such as 2018's Bridges. They returned with their tough, literate second album, Broken Heartland, in 2022.