“ALL IT COST ME WAS EVERYTHING” AND “MIDDLE FINGER” DEBUT TODAY
MERCY TRACK LIST
1. All It Cost Me Was Everything
2. Hurt You
3. Mercy
4. Feeding the Flames
5. I Don’t Trust My Memories Anymore
6. Like a Hurricane
7. How It Works
8. Nobody Knows How to Read
9. Shoulders
10. Dying Isn’t Cheap
11. Roll
12. When Whiskey Calls the Shots
NONE THE WISER TRACK LIST
1. Middle Finger
2. Dying Trying
3. None the Wiser
4. Seeing Ghosts
5. Covet
6. Led Astray
7. Half a Life
8. Can’t Hide the Truth
9. Broken Wings
10. Eyes
August 30, 2021—Renowned singer, songwriter and musician Cody Jinks will release two
new albums on November 12: Mercy, a solo country record, and None The Wiser, a metal
record created with his band Caned By Nod. Both albums will be released via his own
independent label, Late August Records, and are now available for pre-order: pre-order
Mercy HERE and None The Wiser HERE. Ahead of the releases, Jinks is debuting a new
track from each album today: “All It Cost Me Was Everything” from Mercy and “Middle
Finger” from None The Wiser.
new albums on November 12: Mercy, a solo country record, and None The Wiser, a metal
record created with his band Caned By Nod. Both albums will be released via his own
independent label, Late August Records, and are now available for pre-order: pre-order
Mercy HERE and None The Wiser HERE. Ahead of the releases, Jinks is debuting a new
track from each album today: “All It Cost Me Was Everything” from Mercy and “Middle
Finger” from None The Wiser.
Both produced and engineered by Edward Spear (Blackberry Smoke, Devon Gilfillian,
Rival Sons) and recorded simultaneously at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, the two
records represent Jinks’ uniqueness as an artist, demonstrating his rare ability to
successfully create across genres. Although varying sonically and thematically, Mercy
and None The Wiser are tied together through Jinks’ signature songwriting, which takes
yet another step forward with even more perception and grit displayed on both albums.
Rival Sons) and recorded simultaneously at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, the two
records represent Jinks’ uniqueness as an artist, demonstrating his rare ability to
successfully create across genres. Although varying sonically and thematically, Mercy
and None The Wiser are tied together through Jinks’ signature songwriting, which takes
yet another step forward with even more perception and grit displayed on both albums.
With Mercy, Jinks continues to put forth his eclectic country sound, incorporating
traditional elements with soul, rock and blues. Written entirely during quarantine, Jinks
used his time at home to further develop his already accomplished songwriting skills.
Working with both longtime friends and heroes, Mercy features collaborations with
artists such as Chris Shiflett, Kendell Marvel, Adam Hood, TN Jet, Josh Morningstar, Greg
C. Jones and Ward Davis, as well as Jinks’ wife, Rebecca.
traditional elements with soul, rock and blues. Written entirely during quarantine, Jinks
used his time at home to further develop his already accomplished songwriting skills.
Working with both longtime friends and heroes, Mercy features collaborations with
artists such as Chris Shiflett, Kendell Marvel, Adam Hood, TN Jet, Josh Morningstar, Greg
C. Jones and Ward Davis, as well as Jinks’ wife, Rebecca.
Meanwhile, None The Wiser takes its cues from arena-caliber classic rock, thrash metal and psychedelic-tinged grungeand marks a full circle moment for Jinks, who performed in a metal band two decades ago before making the shift to country music. The ten tracks on None The Wiser, all of which he wrote with his past bandmate Ben Heffley, are a mix of old and new, some written as recently as this year, while others date back to the early 2000s.
Reflecting on the two projects, Jinks shares, “It was very different recording them at the same time. Literally, it was being in one studio and walking next door and going from this beautiful country song that we’re doing to just this really angry metal song, flipping a switch,” and continues, “The actual art of writing was the only thing I really had to focus on to keep myself sane…the song comes first. If I’m not writing a great song, then I’m dead in the water. I really, really focused on being a better wordsmith.”
In addition to Jinks (vocals), Mercy features his longtime band—Joshua Thompson (bass, background vocals), Chris Claridy (lead guitar, acoustic guitar), Austin Tripp (steel guitar, dobro), David Colvin (drums, percussion) and Drew Harakal (keys, acoustic guitar, background vocals)—while Caned By Nod is Jinks (vocals, guitar), Jacob Lentner (guitars), Aksel Coe (drums) and Calvin Knowles (bass).
In celebration of the new music, Jinks will spend much of the next year on the road including upcoming shows New Orleans’ Saenger Theatre (three nights, two sold-out), Las Vegas’ The Chelsea (three nights, all sold-out), Richmond’s Virginia Credit Union Live, Asheville’s Harrah’s Cherokee Center and Austin’s Nutty Brown Amphitheater (sold-out) as well as a special performance at Stagecoach 2022. See below for complete itinerary.
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photo credit: Jason Deramo
With the new albums, Jinks solidifies his reputation as an artist who does things on his own terms. Constantly at work, he was recently named MusicRow’s 2020 “Independent Artist of the Year” after receiving the most radio spins for an independent artist and was awarded Entertainer of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Single of the Year by Texas Radio in 2020. Known for his tenacious grassroots approach and constantly at work, Jinks has continued to receive widespread attention in recent years with Rolling Stone declaring, “one of outlaw country’s most popular new stars,” while Paste praised, “His roughhewn, homegrown country sound borrows from the usual forebears—Waylon, Willie, Kris, Merle and Johnny among them—while sounding perfectly in sync with today’s current breed of Americana insurgent.”
Since the release of his 2015 breakthrough record, Adobe Sessions, which features his Platinum-certified and fan-favorite song, “Loud and Heavy,” Jinks has gone on to release four more studio albums: 2016’s I’m Not the Devil, 2018’s Lifersand a pair of self-released 2019 albums, The Wanting and After the Fire, which reached #2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Moreover, Jinks has sold over 1.5 million equivalent units throughout his career, garnered over 2 billion streams across platforms and has 2.18 million monthly Spotify listeners.
CODY JINKS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 3—New Orleans, LA—Saenger Theatre* (SOLD OUT)
September 4—New Orleans, LA—Saenger Theatre* (SOLD OUT)
September 5—New Orleans, LA—Saenger Theatre+
September 9—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live!
September 17—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Music Festival
September 25—Austin, TX—Nutty Brown Amphitheater# (SOLD OUT)
October 9—Asheville, NC—Harrah’s Cherokee Center
December 2—Las Vegas, NV—The Chelsea+ (SOLD OUT)
December 3—Las Vegas, NV—The Chelsea+ (SOLD OUT)
December 5—Las Vegas, NV—The Chelsea+ (SOLD OUT)
April 29-May 1, 2022—Indio, CA—Stagecoach Festival 2022
+with special guest Randy Rogers Band
#with special guest Travis Tritt
†with special guest Whitey Morgan
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