Cody Jinks To ‘Change The Game’ With Forthcoming Album

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Cody Jinks is set to release his new album, Change The Game, on March 22 via his own label, Late August Records, in partnership with The Orchard. Ahead of the release, he has unveiled new track “Sober Thing.”

“I wrote ‘Sober Thing’ right after we finished the Mercy album,” says Jinks. “I was giving up a twenty-plus year affair with whiskey and every word of that song is true. I don’t remember writing some of my biggest songs but I damn sure remember writing that one.”

Produced by Ryan Hewitt and Jinks’ longtime bassist Joshua Thompson, Change The Game marks a new chapter for Jinks both personally and professionally, as he is now self-managed with a completely independent team. Across the twelve tracks, Jinks puts forth his signature outlaw country spirit with a new level of artistic maturity, diving into topics like his journey with sobriety, life on the road and the need for redemption and accountability.

In addition to “Sober Thing,” the album features a new version of Faith No More’s “Take This Bottle,” featuring special guest Pearl Aday, as well as lead single “Outlaws & Mustangs,” which debuted earlier this fall.

Throughout his career, Jinks has sold over two million tickets, released 10 studio albums, sold more than two million equivalent units and garnered over 3.5 billion streams across platforms with more than a billion streams on Spotify and 1.7 billion streams on Pandora, earning him a Pandora Radio Billions Award. He was also named Music Row’s 2023 Independent Artist of the Year—his second time receiving the honor—and earned RIAA certifications for his songs “Loud and Heavy” (double Platinum), “Hippies & Cowboys” (Platinum), “Must Be The Whiskey” (Platinum), “Mamma Song” (Gold), “I’m Not The Devil” (Gold) and “Cast No Stones” (Gold) as well as for his album Adobe Sessions (Gold).

Jinks will continue to tour through 2024, headlining shows at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater, Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion, Minneapolis’ The Armory and San Diego’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park as well as select co-headlining dates with Turnpike Troubadours. He will also join Luke Combs as part of his “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour,” starting next spring.

Change The Game Track Listing:
1. “Sober Thing”
2. “Outlaws and Mustangs”
3. “I Can’t Complain”
4. “Take This Bottle (feat. Pearl Aday)”
5. “Deceiver’s Blues”
6. “A Few More Ghosts”
7. “Change The Game”
8. “I Would”
9. “The Working Man”
10. “Wasted”
11. “Always Running”
12. “What You Love”
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