Old Dominion releases 'Memory Lane,' set to bring 'No Bad Vibes Tour' to Sandia Resort & Casino

Matthew Ramsey is living his best life.

Since he was a child, all he wanted to do was make music for a living.

Mission accomplished.

Ramsey is one of the members of country group Old Dominion, which continues to rack up the accolades after nearly 10 years in the industry.

“How can you not have fun when we are all living our dreams,” Ramsey says during an interview.

Since breaking onto the music scene in 2014, the band has notched eight No. 1 singles on country radio, surpassed five billion on-demand streams, and earned several Platinum and Gold single certifications.

Old Dominion released its latest body of work, “Memory Lane” on June 23. The band is slated to bring its “No Bad Vibes Tour” to Sandia Resort & Casino on Thursday, July 20.

It was a long journey to getting “Memory Lane” released.

“It’s been over a year since we started the beginning parts of the new music in Key West,” he says. “It’s great to have the new music out to the public now because we’ve been ready to perform it at our shows.”

Joining Ramsey in the band is Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung and Brad Tursi.

Since 2007, the band has churned out hit after hit and is known for its live shows.

Ramsey says as time has moved on, the band’s writing process hasn’t changed too much.

“In a lot of the ways, it’s the same,” he says. “We’re after the best song we can get. We’re constantly trying to come up with new ways to say the same thing. We’re trying to find our unique voice and speak our truth.”

Ramsey says the recording process has changed the most over the years as the band has managed to find time to record.

“When we first started, our lives were hectic because of touring,” Ramsey says. “We were on the road and usually had only a few days to record. Now, we get to take our time with recording. The way people listen to music has changed, and it’s been great for us to really dig into what we want to say, and how we want to present it.”

Ramsey recalls when the band was recording its second album, “Happy Endings,” it was hectic.

“We had to fly home to Texas and got in around 4 a.m.,” he says. “We went into the studio immediately and finished the album on no sleep and then were off to Nashville.”

The band’s latest single is called “I Should Have Married You” and it was written and produced by Ramsey, Rosen, Sellers, Sprung and Tursi, alongside award-winning songwriter Shane McAnally.

“I had that piano part from the song saved for a couple years,” Ramsey says. “The original title was ‘I Would Have Married You’ and then we started thinking about our jobs as songwriters and how we tell a story and speak to the human experience. There’s a lot of regret out there. The song could have easily been a really sad song, but we added our touch to it to make it fun.”

With a long list of songs now, Ramsey says putting together a set can be difficult, but he’s always had fun with it.

“We have our set and it has the staples,” he says. “As we get more material, those go into rotation. We stay fresh with the deep album cuts and if someone shouts out a song from the audience, we’ll try to perform it. That keeps us on our toes. Sometimes we can’t quite nail it, but that’s the fun in it all.”