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Jinx Lennon the Dundalk punk poet Jinx Lennon utilises noise,tape machine,garage rock 2 minute bursts,strange folk tunings and gut pummeling beats to take on a journey through the mayhem and magic of the border schizo fffolk
sound.He uses the four elements of mouth,wire,wood ,and right foot to pull you along on a journey to see into his head.There's no telling where he will take you but you will be holding onto your seat and your frontal lobe by the end because there's no ending where it will go or where the songs will come from .It will be a raw invigorating hour and bit and it will def clear out your weary weekend face . Jinx recently released album number eleven PET RENT which is a heavy garage and glam drumbeat journey into the north east local hinterland with sampled voices from local politicians , Joe Dolan,current rappers Westside Gunn,The God Fahim,the Peter Robinson Court Case Riot at Dundalk in 1986,Sonic Youth and The Osmonds amongst others .The Duncairn show is to launch the new album ''Walk Lightly When the Jug is Full ''which is a Kerry saying . The album is full of open tuned guitar influenced by the likes of blind piper Carolan,and Martin Carthy and is a two fingers up to the stuffy end of traditional music which Jinx hates as much as he detests football .
For me the best songwriter in the country at the moment … And he doesn’t get airplay because he’s telling the truth. Why can’t people deal with that? Because it’s very raw, and he doesn’t sugar it up.” – Christy Moore on Jinx Lennon's music
Look a little closer and you’ll find this positivity in all his tunes. Lennon has a passion for the people he’s singing about, and the people he’s singing to. Everything he does, from the unassuming honesty of his modest tunes to the comical simplicity of some of his lyrics, all work towards the realisation of this one message.
Golden Plec,Body and Soul Festival review
Jinx is never afraid to sing in his own accent, or address the personal and political, and every shade of grey in between, while empowering the listener throughout the whole beautiful process.
Eamon Sweeney ,Hot Press