A Thousand Horses Are Back with a New Song, a New Music Video — and a Few New Members of the Family

Mar. 15, 2025

A Thousand Horsescouldn’t wait any longer.

“We wanted to skip the announcement of the announcement,” laughs A Thousand Horses' guitarist Bill Satcher, 34, in a recent interview with PEOPLE about their newly released country anthem “Broken Heartland.” “We were ready to go.”

“Sometimes when you’re making an album, I think you kind of find your anchors of songs in the collection,” remarks Satcher. “And ‘Broken Heartland’ was definitely that song that we wanted to record first.”

Unfortunately, there is a bit of bitter sweetness that seems to hang from every note of “Broken Heartland,” as it was written with songwriter Andrew Dorff right before his death in December of 2016.

And it’s this fictitious place that fans can find themselves in forevermore with the release of the music video for “Broken Heartland,” premiering exclusively on PEOPLE.

A Thousand Horses.Zack Knudsen

In fact, these actors were Satcher’s real-life neighbors — married couple Chris Mason and Spencer Locke.

“Yeah, they are some of my best friends,” says Satcher of the two who take on lead couple duties in the music video for “Broken Heartland.” “When it came time to do the video, I was showing them the storyboard and the loose concept we were putting together, and they volunteered to be in it. We’re just really grateful for such good friends to lend us their talent like that.”

Shot over the course of just one day, the so very relatable scenes of the so very relatable music video were filmed in a multitude of places, including The Underdog in East Nashville, Wendell Smith’s Restaurant in Nashville, and Betty’s Grill in Sylvan Park.

source: people.com