Impossible to pigeonhole – for Jinx is one of a kind

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell

Whether the label is anti-folk, avant punk or urban poetry, Jinx Lennon’s songs and words are always authentic and full of ferocity. His songs might be confused for audio-visual bursts of energy – temporary meditations on class, government and the Irish experience among his topics of choice.

With so much spirit in his setlist, it is no surprise that Jinx’s live shows are renowned for their sense of community and relief. He often likens live performance to a therapy session, and this week he takes his show back to Galway for the first-time post-pandemic.

Presented by the Black Gate, Jinx plays the Galway Mechanic’s Institute this Thursday, July 7. It celebrates the release of Pet Rent – a twenty-five track stream of consciousness LP that incorporates more sampling and garage sounds than the singer-songwriter’s previous material. It is evidence of the work he managed through Covid – a period that ended up being fruitful for his writing.

“The funny thing was there was a lot of activity last year because we weren’t playing the gigs,” Jinx explains.

“There was meant to be one album and then it sort of veered off into a three-headed tiger. There was a grip of songs that suited beats and samples so that became Pet Rent. The other one I was working on was supposed to come out this year and that was more of a folk job, but now it’ll be in the new year.

“With the twenty-five songs, I find it very hard to edit myself. I was listening to them and thinking they all go together, so I knew they’d make an album. I had a lot of energy before covid, and I had the momentum of playing all the gigs. I work out what works and what doesn’t work [from the gigs].

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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