Formed in a dorm at
Belmont University, they released the
concept album 1988 in 2009 under the moniker "Michael Ford Jr. & the Apache Relay", later dropping the frontman's name for their follow-up 2011 album
American Nomad. They opened for a number of
Mumford & Sons tour dates, appeared at numerous music festivals, and a song from the album, "Power Hungry Animals" was used in the 2013 comedy film
The Way Way Back. In 2014 they released the single "Katie Queen of Tennessee" from their eponymous 2014 album
The Apache Relay. They also recorded a cover of the
Bruce Springsteen song "
Cover Me" for the ''Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born in the U.S.A.'' compilation album. ==Discography==