The group dives into how losing feels with new single
Old Dominion has always boiled the moments and emotions of life’s defining realities into narcotic melodies and inescapable hooks that pretty much say it all. Whether the exuberance of “Coming Home” that takes the euphoria of being reunited to new levels, the sweet swagger of “Break Up With Him,” hopefully uncertain “Written in the Stars,” or angsty duet with Megan Moroney “Can’t Break Up Now,” the seven-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Vocal Group hit the emotional bull’s eye time after time.
Working on what will become their sixth album, the songwriter-driven group digs into the coping and wondering echo of losing doubt that swallows one whole with their new single “Me Most Nights,” out via Sony Music Nashville. The acoustic guitar-grounded conversational midtempo offers both a refuge and a spark between two people feeling the same stream of thoughts that circles back to the one who’s gone, “smoking, drinking, thinking you’ll always be alone, a heart without a home…” and “missing what you had like me most nights…”
“That idea of sitting in a bar ‘cause you can’t go home, because of the echoes and memories,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey says, “is something we’ve all been through. But there’s also the part where you don’t wanna leave your house, too. All the blame, the dumb stuff that you could’ve overlooked, but now it’s too late, and there you are.”
Ramsey, along with guitarist/vocalist Brad Tursi and keyboard/guitarist/vocalist Trevor Rosen have spent the last decade writing hits for Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan and Kelsea Ballerini, as well as their own crop of No. 1s. With the thumping rhythm section of Geoff Sprung and Whit Sellers, they’ve created rhythms and grooves that sweep the legions of fans, known as Odies, out of their own lives and into a space where life feels and sounds richer, truer and clearer.
“We’ve spent our career, from the moment we got in a van, playing clubs through all last summer headlining festivals around the world, trying to put the best spin on whatever the emotion is,” says Ramsey. “Big bright melodies, that wave of harmonies and a hook that’ll pull you higher, ‘Me Most Nights’ is all of that.
With “Coming Home” hitting the Top 15 and climbing, the band of brothers with their roots in Virginia know how hungry their fans are for new music. Having created the fan-inspired “mix tape” Odies but Goodies last year, they’re gearing up for their summer 2025 How Good Is That – World Tour, and preparing a new project for the world to hear. To that end, they’re teasing what’s ahead and “Me Most Nights” lights the empowering collection of songs to come. The thrill of riding so many career peaks, places and moments is setting the pace for OD’s best year ever.
