Kodaline

Kodaline
Kodaline performing in 2015
Background information
Origin	Swords, Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Indie rock, indie pop, folk rock
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] is 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 and chill with the boys. 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] 21 Demands also wrote "One of Those Days", which they played on the Irish YouTube channel Balcony TV.

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" was 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 their second LP Coming Up for Air, and released 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 number 4. "The One" and "Honest" both reached Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

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

Discography

Studio albums

• In a Perfect World (2013)
• Coming Up for Air (2015)

Extended plays

• The Kodaline EP (2012) - All I Want, Lose Your Mind, Pray, Perfect World
• The High Hopes EP (2013) - High Hopes, The Answer, All My Friends
• Love Like This EP (2013) - Love like this, What is it, Midnight
• Brand New Day EP (2013)
• One Day EP (2014) - One day, Take Control
• iTunes Session (2015)
• Live and Ready EP (2015) - Recorded live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Band members

Current members

• Steve Garrigan ;– vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin (born 23 August 1988)
• Mark Prendergast – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar (born 16 January 1989)
• Vincent May  – drums, percussion, vocals (born 11 February 1990)
• Jason Boland – bass guitar, vocals (born 31 August 1987)

Previous members

• Conor Linnane – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards

Awards and nominations

Filmography Soundtracks

Kodaline have been featured in different movies and shows.^[13] Below is a list of some of the filmography that their music has been played in:

See also

• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

References