Research into Kodaline

Kodaline are a dublin-based Irish alternative rock group, originally known as 21 demands. They have been active since 2005 but are now currently signed to RCA Records. The band made chart history in March 2007 with their debut single ‘Give Me A Minute’ in the Irish Singles Chart; becoming the first independently released track to achieve a spot in the chart. In 2011 the band changed their name to Kodaline. Kodaline has four members: Stephen Garrigan – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard; Mark Prendergast – Guitar; Vinny May – Drums and Jason Boland – Bass.

In September 2012, they released their debut extended play- The Kodaline EP. This included the songs: All I Want, Lose Your Mind, Pray and Perfect World. ‘All I Want’ was highly successful having been selected as BBC Radio 1 presenter Fearne Cotton’s ‘Record of the Week’, it also featured in the background of television programs and Google’s ‘Year in Review’ video. As well as ‘Kodaline EP’ they also released two other extended plays; The High Hopes EP consisting of 4 songs: High Hopes, The Answer, All My Friends, All I Want (Remix) and also the Love Like This EP which included just the one track; Love like This. In December 2012, Kodaline were then nominated for the Sound of 2013 poll and on 17^th June 2013, Kodaline released their first studio album ‘In a Perfect World’.

Their album ‘In A Perfect World’ has a total of 11 songs including recurring singles such as High Hopes, All I want, Love Like This and Pray. It then includes 7 new songs: One Day, Brand New Day, After The Fall, Big Bad World, All Comes Down, Talk and Way Back When. A deluxe album is also available on iTunes which includes extended tracks: The Answer, Perfect World, Lose Your Mind and Latch. This CD deluxe edition also contains live performances of certain songs.

Kodaline are currently preparing for their up and coming tour in some of the biggest venues in Britain in areas such as Birmingham, London, Leeds, Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast. They will then be returning to their hometown Dublin to do four concerts there.