| Old Dominion | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | Old Dominion |
| Cover: | Old Dominion (EP).jpg |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 19:21 |
| Label: | ReeSmack Records, RCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Shane McAnally |
| Prev Title: | It Was Always Yours |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Meat and Candy |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
Old Dominion is the second extended play by the American country music band of the same name. It was released on October 7, 2014 by ReeSmack Records and later re-released on May 5, 2015 by RCA Records. The original release of the EP has six tracks, while the re-release has only five tracks.[1] [2] Old Dominion was preceded by the band's self-released debut EP, It Was Always Yours, in 2012, and was followed by the band's debut album, Meat and Candy, in 2015.[3] Four of the tracks on Old Dominion were re-issued as part of Meat and Candy.[4]
The lead single from Old Dominion, "Shut Me Up", was released in 2014 as the band's debut single.[5] [6] It peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.[7] "Break Up with Him" was released as the second single from Old Dominion on January 20, 2015.[8] It was re-released by RCA on May 11, 2015 as the lead single from Meat and Candy[9] and topped the Country Airplay chart on November 14, 2015.[10]
Old Dominion's third album is also self-titled and was released on October 25, 2019.
Four of the tracks on Old Dominion's self-titled EP - "Break Up with Him", "Nowhere Fast", "Beer Can in a Truck Bed", and "Wrong Turns - were reissued as part of the band's 2015 debut album, Meat and Candy. The two tracks exclusive to the EP are "Shut Me Up" and "Dirt on a Road". The latter track is exclusive to the ReeSmack Records release of the EP.
After the ReeSmack Records release of Old Dominion's self-titled EP, Marissa R. Moss of Rolling Stone named the band one of the ten "most captivating newcomers" in country music.[11] Highlighting the "twangy arena -rock of the EP's lead single, "Shut Me Up", she compared Old Dominion to Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Sam Hunt, and Parmalee, while writing, "They're building on the country-band blueprint set by the likes of Alabama and adding some fuzzy guitars, catchy licks and even a little rap that shoots for stadiums, not saloons."
After the RCA release of the EP, Timothy Monger of AllMusic called Old Dominion a "set of hooky, radio-ready songs" and felt that the band succeeded at mixing "a distinctly Nashville sound with plenty of rock energy, pop melodies, and even traces of hip-hop."