Royal Horses is a Hattiesburg, Mississippi based rock band formed by Shelby Kemp and Daniel Firth. The band got its start in 2016 playing shows around South Mississippi and has been steadily expanding their touring range in the years since. The now five piece band has played in venues from Virginia to Colorado and all around the Southeastern United States. The band released their debut album in 2020, A Modern Man's Way To Improve, and toured on the back of that album following the pandemic. In 2022 the band released their second record, Where The Purple Flowers Grow, on Eddie Robert's Denver based record label, Color Red Music. 

        The Royal Horses of today has gone through a few lineup changes, with 2022 seeing the addition of Scott Chism on bass guitar, and 2023 bringing the addition of Brandon Kenyon on the trumpet and Lynsey Terry on vocals. Combine that with the powerhouse drumming of Daniel Firth, and the guitar slinging, singing and songwriting of Shelby Kemp, and you get the most powerful, mature, and musically diverse version of Royal Horses ever. 

        The song featured in the video above, The Spirits That Move Me, is one great example of the bands dynamic sound- featuring tight vocal harmonies and carefully executed melodies on both the trumpet and guitar, which blend in, out, and all around the driving rhythm section that holds the whole thing firmly in place. In live settings, the guitar and the trumpet often take off together in lock step for harmonized solos and interchanges that will knock you off your feet, only to set you back down gently on a sweet bed of three part harmony that will soothe the spirit and excite the ears. 

       Check out more in the video below!