Jess Jocoy aims to be as honest as Ashley McBryde . Her new song "Cul-de-Sac Kid" is a pretty good start.

The Washington native is nothing if not authentic across this building ballad. Lyrically, Jocoy gets to questions of identity in country music and beyond — far beyond.

She tells Taste of Country that her upcoming Cul-de-Sac Kid album (Oct. 24) will bring more of the same.

"I see my style of music going in the direction of Ashley McBryde, because she has such an honest way of telling stories," Jocoy shares ahead of the exclusive Taste of Country premiere of " Cul-de-Sac Kid. "

"But she also keeps a thread of hope in her songs."

We asked the Belmont University graduate to share three songs that inspired this new project, and she chose titles most fans of McBryde would agree ar

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