Tired Pony was an indie folk supergroup consisting of Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Richard Colburn of Belle & Sebastian, Iain Archer, Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, Tom Smith of Editors, and Troy Stewart. Formed in 2009, the group arose from Lightbody's ambition to create a country-tinged or Americana album. Their debut studio album, The Place We Ran From, was released on July 12, 2010, and featured the single “Dead American Writers”. The album included guest contributions from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. The group's second studio album, The Ghost of the Mountain, was released on August 19, 2013, and was preceded by the single “All Things All at Once”.
