Blessed with a raw, anthemic sound that fuses gritty Southern storytelling, big rock riffs, and melodies that linger long after the last amp is unplugged, the trio is held down by three young men from three different states — singer Ned Abernathy (Georgia), guitarist Caleb Miller (Ohio), drummer Chris Deaton (Tennessee) — who first linked up in a writers’ round at Nashville’s legendary Bluebird Café.

Bringing together their distinct backgrounds, a shared love for classic country, and a need to get loud, DELTONA has a chemistry that’s been obvious from day one. You can see it in the way they hit harmonies during the impeccable-yet-somehow-casual cover clips they share with fans.

You can feel it in the way they hold their own sharing bills with legendary hitmakers Rodney Atkins and Lee Brice, country stars George Birge and Cooper Alan, and multi-platinum singer/songwriter Avery Anna.

And you can hear it in their first barn-burning batch of songs, produced by Jason Massey (Cole Swindell, Bailey Zimmerman): whiskey-soaked Western bangers like “Heartbreak Fix” and “Love Don’t Love Me,” the humbly hilarious “How To Not Help A Heartbreak,” the brooding “Let It Burn,” and the rowdy “Party’s In The Back.” With their catalog ranging from the sobering ballad “Cared Enough to Cry” to the redneck anthem “The Country,” DELTONA puts a modern spin on the time-honored tradition of down-bad music that goes down easy. Stay tuned as they move on and move up.

Stay tuned as they move on and move up.