Kodaline

Kodaline

Kodaline performing in 2015
Background information
Origin Swords, Dublin, Ireland
Genres Indie rock, indie pop
Years active 2005–11 (as 21 Demands with Conor Linnane and without Jason Boland)
2011–present (as Kodaline)
Labels Unsigned (21 Demands)
RCA/B-Unique (Kodaline)
Website kodaline.com
Members Steve Garrigan
Vinny May, Jr.
Jason Boland
Mark Prendergast

Kodaline (/ˈkoʊdəlaɪn/)[1] are an Irish rock band. Originally known as 21 Demands, in 2012 the band changed its name to Kodaline.

Steve Garrigan and Mark Prendergast grew up in Swords, Dublin, and have known each other since childhood. They both attended secondary school at Colaiste Choilm in Swords, where they would take part in many battles of the bands. They began to share a love for music and at that stage Vinny May, who also lived in Swords, joined the group. The group was not fully complete until January 2012, when their friend, bass player Jason Boland, from Celbridge, County Kildare, was recruited.

Career

2005–11: 21 Demands

As 21 Demands, the band first came to attention in November 2007, when they participated in the fifth series of RTÉ talent show You're a Star; finishing as the series' runners-up. On 3 March 2007, 21 Demands released their own single called "Give Me a Minute" through digital7 downloads on the RTÉ website. They made chart history when the single topped the Irish Singles Chart, becoming the first independently released track to achieve this feat.[2][3] The song "One of those days" is another song 21 demands wrote. This song was played on the Balcony TV YouTube channel. Ireland was the birthplace for the balcony TV Youtube channel.

2012–14: In a Perfect World

The quartet released their debut extended play—The Kodaline EP—on Friday 7 September 2012, produced by Philip Magee.[4][5] "All I Want" was selected as BBC Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton's Record of the Week, featured in the season 9 episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Remember the Time",[6] and was used in the background music for Google's 2012: Year in Review video. On 9 December 2012, the BBC announced that Kodaline had been nominated for the Sound of 2013 poll.[7] On 17 June 2013, Kodaline released their first studio album, In a Perfect World.[8]

In a Perfect World includes the singles "High Hopes", "All I Want", "Love Like This", and "Pray", as well as seven new songs. The iTunes deluxe-edition of the album contains "The Answer", "Perfect World", "Lose Your Mind", and "Latch", with music videos for "All I Want" and "High Hopes". The CD deluxe-edition, instead, contains a CD of live performances of "All I Want", "High Hopes", "Love Like This", "Pray", "All Comes Down", and "The Answer" at The Button Factory in Dublin.

Their song "All I Want" was featured on the MTV show Catfish. "All I Want" was also in Season 5 Episode 10 of The Vampire Diaries. "Perfect World" is currently used as the theme tune for the hit Channel 4 show Gogglebox.

In April 2014, Kodaline released a cover version of Paul McCartney's 1980 single "Coming Up" in celebration of Record Store Day.[9]

In April 2014, the song "All I Want" was released as part of the soundtrack for The Fault in Our Stars, as well as used in the film. In July 2014, the songs "Pray" and "High Hopes" were featured in trailers for the films Horns and Love, Rosie, respectively.[10]

The song "All I Want" is used in TCM Remembers, Turner Classic Movies' annual remembrance of film industry contributors who died in 2014.[11]

2014–present: Coming Up for Air

In December 2014, the band announced the new LP Coming Up for Air, and published a song called "Honest" on YouTube. A few days later they also published the song "Unclear".

Following its release on 9 February 2015, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at #4. "The One" and "Honest" both reached Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

Lead singer Steve Garrigan appeared on The Midnight Hour, episode 18.

Discography

Main article: Kodaline discography
Studio albums
Extended plays

Band members

Current members

Previous members

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Result
2012 MTV Brand New for 2013[12] Nominated
BBC Sound of 2013[7] Nominated
2013 EBBA Public Choice Award Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Twitter / Kodaline: @LiveDrive ah cheers thanks". Twitter.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "21 Demands make Irish chart history". RTÉ. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  3. ↑ Peak positions in Ireland:
  4. ↑ "Kodaline – 'The Kodaline EP' – Digital Download". Amazon. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Philip Magee speaks about producing Kodaline, The Script & More". [Air // Million]. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "New Band of the Day: Kodaline". The Guardian. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Sound of 2013 Profiles: Kodaline". BBC. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Kodaline: Busking their way back from reality". The Independent. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Paul McCartney – Coming Up (Kodaline Cover)". Indieshuffle.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Osheaga 2014: CBC's top picks for acts you don't want to miss". CBC. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Thank You For Signing Up!". Tcm.com. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  12. ↑ "MTV's Brande New For 2013 Nominees announced". MTV. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
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