Thelma & James To Release Debut Album ‘Whiplash’ In January

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Thelma & James will release their debut album Whiplash on Jan. 29 via Big Loud Records.

The album includes the duo’s breakout track “Happy Ever After You,” and heartbreakers like “If You Ain’t In Love By Now” and “The Way That It Wasn’t.” The married couple co-wrote all of the songs on the project, outside of a reimagined Grease cover “You’re The One That I Want,” and welcomed an illustrious list of collaborators like Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Josh Osborne and more on the album.

“Two years ago, this Christmas, we ended up writing a song that changed everything,” shares Thelma & James. “It had been almost a decade since we’d written together. We weren’t trying to start a band, we were just writing a song, just kind of doing what we love. The coolest part has been watching these songs find their way to listeners and getting to do this with the person you already share your entire life with has been very special.”

In September, the two were nominated for five awards at the CCMAs, where they won Alternative Country Album of the Year for their EP Starting Over and Video of the Year for “Parking Lot Prayers.” Thelma & James are nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year at next week’s 60th Annual CMA Awards.

Whiplash Track List:
1. “I Can’t Stop Thinking About You (Intro)”(MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Jordan Minton, Jordan Reynolds)
2. “Whiplash” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Ruston Kelly)
3. “Happy Ever After You” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge)
4. “Alternate Ending” (Mags Duval, Jake Etheridge, Josh Jenkins, MacKenzie Porter)
5. “Good By Now” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Casey Brown, Parker Welling)
6. “About Time” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Mags Duval, Josh Jenkins)
7. “Home In Your Broken Heart” (Jake Etheridge, MacKenzie Porter, Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey)
8. “Drink Responsibly” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Josh Kear)
9. “You’re the One That I Want” (John Farrar)
10. “First Love” (Jake Etheridge, Lauren Hungate, MacKenzie Porter)
11. “Shithole” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Louis Johnson, Hank Compton)
12. “If You Ain’t In Love By Now” (Jake Etheridge, Pete Good, Josh Osborne, MacKenzie Porter)
13. “Let Me Remind You” (MacKenzie Porter, Jake Etheridge, Joey Hendricks)
14. “Chainsmokin Memories” (Jake Etheridge, Jordan Minton, MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Reynolds, Parker Welling)
15. “The Way That It Wasn’t” (MacKenzie Porter, Jordan Critz, Jake Etheridge, Josh Jenkins)
16. “Canaries in a Coal Mine” (Jake Etheridge, Josh Osborne, MacKenzie Porter, Scott Stepakoff)

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