Editing Pinmonkey (section)

===2004{{ndash}}06: Membership changes, ''Big Shiny Cars'', and disbanding===
A third single for BNA, a cover of [[Robbie Fulks]]'s "Let's Kill Saturday Night", peaked at number 44 on Hot Country Songs in 2004.{{sfn|Whitburn|2017|page=282}} However, BNA dropped the band for undisclosed reasons weeks after the single's release, and Schell quit soon after.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-07-17.pdf | title=So Long, Boones Mill; Hello, Nashville | author=Phyllis Stark |date=July 17, 2004 | magazine=Billboard | pages=29}}</ref> In 2005, Schell released a solo album titled ''Salt of the Earth''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275923965/ | title=More live music | work=The Tennessean | date=July 6, 2005 | accessdate=October 31, 2024 | pages=D3}}</ref> Mike Crouch took over as drummer, while Chad Jeffers left to join [[Keith Urban]]'s road band. The three remaining members — Crouch, Reynolds, and Michael Jeffers — were signed to a recording contract with [[Back Porch Records]], with the album ''[[Big Shiny Cars]]'' being released in 2006.<ref name="allmusic"/> This album produced one single in "That Train Don't Run".<ref name="train">{{cite journal | url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-03-24.pdf | title=Going for Adds | journal=Radio & Records |date=March 24, 2006 | pages=21}}</ref> [[Matraca Berg]] co-wrote the song, and previously reached the Hot Country Songs charts in 1997 with her rendition.{{sfn|Whitburn|2017|page=42}}<ref name="slant"/> Reynolds wrote three tracks on the album, while other contributing writers included [[Kieran Kane]], Joy Lynn White, and [[Billy Montana]]. The track "Coldest Fire in Town" included Rusty Young and Elizabeth Cook on backing vocals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-shiny-cars-mw0000364503 | title=''Big Shiny Cars'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=October 29, 2024}}</ref> Also included was a cover of [[Kelly Willis]]'s "[[Wrapped (Bruce Robison song)|Wrapped]]" (written by her then-husband, [[Bruce Robison]]);<ref name="slant"/> a year later, [[George Strait]] would have a number two hit on the country charts with his own version.{{sfn|Whitburn|2017|pages=348-350}} Jeffrey B. Remz of [[Country Standard Time]] reviewed the album positively, praising the [[country rock]] sound and Reynolds's singing voice.<ref name="shiny">{{cite web | url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=3026 | title=''Big Shiny Cars'' review | work=Country Standard Time | accessdate=November 21, 2018}}</ref> Giving the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, Jonathan Keefe of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' wrote, "the album is too stylistically scattershot to stand as a coherent statement of artistic identity, but the elements of greatness—the technical skill, the recognition of good material, the charisma—are all present to varying degrees, making Pinmonkey one of the few honest-to-God bands on [[Music Row]] worth following."<ref name="slant">{{cite web | url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/pinmonkey-big-shiny-cars/ | title=Review: Pinmonkey, Big Shiny Cars | publisher=Slant Magazine | date=March 4, 2006 | accessdate=October 29, 2024 | author=Jonathan Keefe}}</ref>

After ''Big Shiny Cars'', the members of Pinmonkey went on to other projects. Michael Jeffers became a touring musician for [[Joe Nichols]], and Chad Jeffers joined [[Carrie Underwood]]'s touring band.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://roanoke.com/archive/jeffers-one-of-the-good-guys/article_b15191b6-34b1-5ec0-b71c-cb288aa94054.html | title=Jeffers: one of the good guys | publisher=The Roanoke Times | date=November 8, 2010 | accessdate=August 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/05/carrie_underwood_belts_it_out.html | title=Carrie Underwood turns 'Storyteller' at Quicken Loans Arena | work=Cleveland.com | date=May 19, 2016 | accessdate=October 27, 2024 | author=Chuck Yarborough}}</ref> Schell joined Pure Prairie League as a vocalist and drummer in 2007,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.syracuse.com/listenup/2007/12/schell_returns_home_for_luckys.html | title=Schell returns home for Lucky's show | publisher=Syracuse.com | date=December 12, 2007 | accessdate=August 18, 2024}}</ref> but exited the band by 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pure-prairie-league-mn0000371879#biography | title=Pure Prairie League biography | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=October 27, 2024 | author=William Ruhlmann}}</ref> In 2024, Michael Reynolds released a solo album titled ''Tarnished Nickel Sky''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/michael-reynolds-returns-after-ten-years-tarnished-nickel-sky | title=Michael Reynolds Returns After Ten Years with the 'Tarnished Nickel Sky' }}</ref> Writing for the blog Country Universe, Keefe called it "an album of thoughtfully composed songs that are accessible without sounding beholden to country...trends."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.countryuniverse.net/2024/08/18/bluesky-bullet-points-august-18-2024/ | title=Bluesky Bullet Points: August 18, 2024 | publisher=Country Universe | date=August 18, 2024 | accessdate=October 27, 2024 | author=Jonathan Keefe}}</ref>