Get the latest gossip
Cody Jinks’ New Album Marks a ‘Change’: ‘I’m Trying to Set That Precedent’
The independent artist continues to chart his own course.
The rollicking “Outlaws and Mustangs,” the first release from the album, celebrates a freewheeling, creative spirit, while the title track is the Texas native’s triumphant manifesto to fulfilling his independent vision: “I’m the punk who says I did it my own way,” he sings. Jinks launched his career as frontman for thrash metal band Unchecked Aggression before he began issuing country-leaning projects in 2008, proving equally adept at freewheeling hardcore rock and stone-cold, Haggard-esque country songs such as “I Don’t Trust My Memories Anymore,” from his 2021 album Mercy. He teamed with singer-songwriter and frequent tour mate Pearl Aday (daughter of the late vocalist Meat Loaf) on a new rendition of Faith No More’s “Take This Bottle.” Initially, they planned the song for a side project but Thompson and Hewitt felt it belonged on the new album.
Or read this on Billboard