Jess Jocoy Delivers New Single “Cul-de-Sac Kid” Today

ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER
JESS JOCOY
DELIVERS NEW SINGLE
“CUL-DE-SAC KID”
— TITLE & LEAD TRACK —
TODAY

CUL-DE-SAC KID
DUE OUT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

Above: “Cul-de-Sac Kid” Single Artwork

NASHVILLE, TN (September 3, 2025) — Acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy unveils the lead single and title track from her third studio album, Cul-de-Sac Kid, set for release Friday, October 25. “Cul-de-Sac Kid” encapsulates Jocoy’s personal journey, with her signature sultry vocals delivering a question that has long lingered at the heart of her identity as an artist: “Does country even need a country song from a cul-de-sac kid like me?”

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Taste of Country debuted the track along with its lyric video earlier today, praising, “Jess Jocoy aims to be as honest as Ashley McBryde…’Cul-de-Sac Kid’ is a pretty good start. [Jocoy] is nothing if not authentic across this building ballad.”

After a lifetime of pouring herself into country music, Jocoy is finding her own place within Nashville’s storied traditions — proving that these songs are meant for anyone, no matter their background. More than just another single, “Cul-de-Sac Kid” is Jocoy’s story to the core: honest, introspective, and deeply resonant in a genre that hasn’t always made room for voices like hers. “‘Cul-de-Sac Kid’ feels like a door opening,” she says. “On one side, I see what came before as memories rather than ghosts, and I carry them with me with a smile. And I look ahead and see what is to come as a hopeful light ready to break through.”

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Creating music for those navigating life’s in-between spaces, Jocoy has been praised by American Songwriter for her “mournful effervescence,” while No Depression recognized her “smooth blend of traditional country and folk sounds.” 

Spanning 11 tracks, Cul-de-Sac Kid blends cinematic storytelling with folk-infused introspection, shaped by more than a decade of loss, heartache, and self-discovery. Jocoy describes her distinctive style as “cul-de-sac country,” merging Northwestern and Southeastern influences into a sound entirely her own.

Jocoy moved to Nashville in 2014 to study songwriting at Belmont University, still carrying the grief of losing her father the year before. That weight entangled itself within her music. Cul-de-Sac Kid offered her a moment to breathe. “This album is about coming to terms with who you are, where you’re from, and the taking of longer roads,” she shares. “I’m finally making peace with not quite fitting in — and leaning into that.”

Raised outside of Seattle with the Pacific Northwest as her backdrop, Jocoy’s introduction to country music came through her dad, who filled the car with the sounds of Alan Jackson and Shania Twain on the way to school. That early influence guided her own mission: to prove that twangy guitars and honest, heartfelt lyrics belong on suburban streets just as much as they do on southern backroads. 

CUL-DE-SAC KID TRACKLISTING:
“I Could Live On That Alone”
“Above Ground”
“Cul-de-Sac Kid”
“Tearing Up Heaven”
“Neon Moon”
“Runaround”
“Every Good Cowboy”
“A Lifetime Only Lasts So Long”
“You Sure Showed Me”
“Echo In The Canyon”
“Gumweed”

Above: ‘Cul-de-Sac Kid’ Album Artwork; Credit: Sam Wiseman

Jocoy’s acclaimed debut album Such a Long Way (2020) and follow-up EP Brighter Eyes (2021) established her as a distinctive songwriter, blending a broad range of influences into a voice all her own. National TV appearances on NBC’s Songland and airplay on WSM Radio, home of the Grand Ole Opry, brought her wider attention. But it was 2022’s Let There Be No Despair that fully showcased her range: an elegiac collection mixing autobiography with empathetic character portraits, laced with violin, acoustic guitar, and bowed bass.

Throughout it all, Jocoy finds comfort in the narratives of country and Americana music. “At the heart of this style of music, there’s always a storyline,” she shares. “There’s a keen sense of observation in these kinds of songs that encourages me to be a better witness to the world turning around me.”

She concludes, “I hope listeners hear the sincerity in someone trying to bridge experience with imagination. Maybe they’ll find their own truth in these songs — whether they’re a cowboy, a stripper, a hopeless romantic, or someone watching their hometown get replaced by track housing and fast food chains. Maybe they’ve felt like an outsider in a place they wanted so badly to fit in. Maybe they grew up in a cul-de-sac like me.

Above: Jess Jocoy; Credit: Sam Wiseman

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