Caligula's Horse album "Moments from Ephemeral City" (2011) and follow up EP "Colossus" (2011) were released independently before signing with Welkin Records and releasing their second album "The Tide, the Thief & River's End" (2013). The band then signed with Inside Out Music for the release of their 2015 album "Bloom". The band released their fourth album In Contact on 15 September 2017. In early 2011 Caligula's Horse was formed by Sam Vallen and Jim Grey. The band is named after the prized possession, Incitatus, of Roman Emperor Caligula by Grey, who is studying ancient history and classical languages at university. Initially
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