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New Music

KODALINE ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM ‘OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP’

KODALINE ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM

OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP 

RECORDED LIVE IN DUBLIN’S OLYMPIA THEATRE

RELEASED OCTOBER 14TH VIA FANTASY

Kodaline are set to release a new stripped-down 17 track live album on October 14th 2022 called ‘Our Roots Run Deep’. Pre-Order available HERE.

When Kodaline stepped on stage at Dublin’s cozy, sold-out Olympia Theatre in early March 2022, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist, Steve Garrigan; bassist/vocalist, Jason Boland; guitarist/vocalist, Mark Prendergast; and drummer/vocalist Vinny May felt a deep sense of renewal, of their friendship, their brotherhood, and their musical community. 

The beloved Irish quartet also felt a sense of release. Two years of pandemic-related separation, from each other, and the audience they had meticulously built since 2011, had underscored how essential that symbiotic relationship really is.

It’s that sense of release that permeates Our Roots Run Deep, Kodaline’s brand-new, stripped-down, 17-track live album and Fantasy Records debut, due October 14th, 2022. Pre-Order available HERE. 

Produced with pristine clarity by fellow Irish cohort, Phillip Magee, Our Roots Run Deep features a cross-section of the group’s most treasured tunes and three illuminating covers in over 80-minutes of music.

“This album is something we’ve wanted to do for a very long-time, it’s also something entirely new to us,” explain the band. “It’s a stripped-down acoustic show with no click, which basically means, it’s very raw and unfiltered. We wanted to try and capture the energy and atmosphere of the night as best we could. It was an intimate show recorded in one of our favourite venues in the world, in Dublin City at home in Ireland. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed playing it.”

Known for the soaring, sing-along pop-rock anthems and lush, yearning ballads that have topped radio and streaming charts around the globe, for these special intimate performances Kodaline utilized largely acoustic instruments including cellist, David Doyle and keyboardist/vocalist, David Prendergast who help give the warm, living room sound added layers of texture and depth. 

The quieter musical beds pushed the band’s emotionally driven lyrics and intricately woven harmonies to the forefront, deepening their poignant resonance even further. It also left room for the voices of their ecstatic fans, who filled the open spaces every chance they could!

While too plentiful to list in full, the set’s highlights include the highly apropos opener ‘Wherever You Are,’ the lead track from their latest LP, 2020’s One Day At A Time, ‘High Hopes,’ the lead single from the band’s debut album, 2013’s In A Perfect World and ‘Brother,’ a moving cut from the group’s third studio album, Politics of Living, which is now being released as the first track from Our Roots Run Deep.

The band include three interesting and revealing covers here as well: a brooding, dramatic turn on Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean,’ a mostly a cappella performance of Sam Cooke’s soul classic ‘Bring It On Home To Me,’ and a taste of ‘Dirty Old Town,’ the near Irish standard popularized by The Dubliners and The Pogues.

Our Roots Run Deep will be released digitally and in an array of physical formats including CD / Standard Cream LP / Limited Indie & HMV Maroon LP / Irish Exclusive Green LP as well as special fan bundles available at kodaline.com including limited signed prints & exclusive double cassette.

Kodaline have announced an extensive ‘Our Roots Run Deep’ European headline tour running through October and November 2022. Full dates are listed below, and tickets are on sale now at https://kodaline.com/

JUNE 2022 SHOWS

30  Lancashire – Lytham Festival

OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP TOUR DATES 2022

October

  • 05   Strasbourg – La Laiterie
  • 06   Brussels – Ancienne Belgique
  • 07   Tilburg – 013
  • 08   Cologne – Carlswerk Victoria
  • 10   Hamburg – Fabrik
  • 12   Stockholm – Slaktkyrkan
  • 13   Oslo – Rockefeller
  • 14   Copenhagen – Vega Main Hall
  • 15   Berlin – Astra
  • 17   Poznan – Tama
  • 18   Warsaw – Stodola
  • 19   Vienna – Gasometer
  • 20   Krakow – Studio
  • 22   Budapest – Akvarium Klub
  • 24   Prague – Forum
  • 25   Munich – Tonhalle
  • 26   Frankfurt – Batschkapp

November

  • 11   Madrid – Riviera
  • 13   Milan – Fabrique
  • 14   Bologna – Estragon
  • 15   Rome – Orion
  • 17   Lyon – Le Transbordeur
  • 18   Stuttgart – Longhorn
  • 19   Luxembourg – Den Atelier
  • 20   Zurich – X-Tra
  • 22   Paris – Bataclan
  • 23   Amsterdam – Paradiso

Watch the live performance video of ‘Brother’ Below

New Music

KODALINE ANNOUNCE DELUXE VERSION OF THEIR NEW ALBUM’ONE DAY AT A TIME’ WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE ‘EVERYONE CHANGES’ ft. GABRIELLE APLIN

 

After the storming success of their recently released studio album ‘One Day At A Time’, which has now been streamed more than 60 millions times and seen them garner another 100 million YouTube views, Kodaline have announced the release of the deluxe edition of their latest full-length, which will feature a collaboration with Gabrielle Aplin on their track ‘Everyone Changes’, another as yet unreleased song, two covers – ‘Teenage Kicks’ and ‘The Rare Auld Times’ and of course the previously released singles ‘Wherever You Are’, ‘Sometimes’, ‘Saving Grace’ and ‘Say Something’.With the original version of ‘Everyone Changes’ already racking up more than 750,000 streams alone, this new collaborative version sees the band break out in a whole new light. The band will be releasing the deluxe version of ‘One Day At A Time’ on 20th November both physically and digitally, making it the first opportunity for fans to own the record in a physical format.

Gabrielle Aplin’s vocals add a delicate and celestial quality to ‘Everyone Changes’. This graceful and emotive song takes a new lease of life with this collaboration. Aplin’s vocals almost stop time between the songs tender building soundscapes. With lush harmonies and the passionate songwriting and musicianship of Kodaline this beautiful rendition of ‘Everyone Changes’ is a sublime treat for listeners to indulge in.

Speaking on the collaboration, the band added, “When we wrote ‘Everyone changes’ for our new album we always felt the song would work better as a duet, so with the help of Gabrielle Aplin and her beautiful vocals, here’s the result. We hope you guys like it x”

Watch the lyric video for ‘Everyone Changes’ below


Author : Danu

New Music

Kodaline ‘Say Something’

Kodaline follow the release of their new album ‘One Day At A Time’ by sharing an inspiring new video for their current single ‘Say Something’. Directed by the band’s long-term collaborator Stevie Russell, the video is the first project from an exciting new partnership between the band’s label, B-Unique Records, and Mirriad, the computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) company, to develop and harness in-content advertising for music artists using different streaming and social platforms. It has also been boosted with participation from UNICEF.’Say Something’ represents one of the highlights of Kodaline’s ‘One Day At A Time’ album. The band’s fourth studio set has already accumulated 28.5 million streams and looks set to add a bold new chapter to a career that has included three #1 albums in Ireland, two Top 5 albums in the UK, and more than a billion streams on Spotify.

Wrapped in a blanket of melodious songwriting, twinkling soundscapes and emotional radiance,  ‘Say Something’ is another heartfelt number from Kodaline. The track begins tender and sweet before building into a sway along, emotive anthem. With sweet vocals, soft harmonies and a blossoming wall of sound ‘Say Something’ follows the rich musicianship and heart rushing tenderness of ‘One Day At A Time’ in all its warm, fuzzy and glowing glory. 

The ‘Say Something’ video tells a story about thinking big. In the video a toddler dreams of going into space, becoming an aerospace engineer, pilot and astronaut to make that ambition a reality before returning to earth with a bump and a tasty treat.

Watch the video for ‘Say Something’ below 


Author : Danu

Alt- Pop, New Music

Kodaline ‘One Day At A Time’

Kodaline have just shared news that their new album ‘One Day At A Time’ will be released on June 12th. Its launch is accompanied by the release of the new single and video ‘Saving Grace.’ Kodaline’s recent tracks ‘Wherever You Are’ and ‘Sometimes’ have shown that the band’s huge following is as strong as ever. The two songs have quickly amassed 15 million streams at Spotify alongside 7.5 million video views at YouTube. ‘One Day At A Time’ is the band’s fourth album, and adds a new chapter to a career that has already encompassed three #1 albums in Ireland, two Top 5 albums in the UK, and more than a billion streams at Spotify.

Once again Kodaline provide a heart warming, catchy and utterly emotive track with ‘Saving Grace’. They wrap us in a cosy melodious blanket of refined musicianship with powerful uplifting harmonies, arena ready sing along choruses and plenty of anthemic gusto. The band have an impressive ability to use warm sweet melodies and twinkling progressive instrumentation to create tracks that warm the cockles of your heart. From the glistening keys, chiming guitars and steady spongy beat the band create a ray of sunlit sweetness and uplifting charisma. Steve Garrigan’s soulful vocals take the helm of this passionate number, surging and exuding emotion throughout. There are impressions of angelic glows within the harmonies and light perfectly placed sprinkling on keys. Within ‘Saving Grace’ Kodaline show the might of optimism with glimmers of vulnerability – an inspiring track to listen to.

About the track Kodaline commented, “‘Saving Grace’ is a song about that special person in your life that is there for you no matter what. It’s a song that means a lot to all of us, as we all rely on people in our personal lives to be there and support us though the high and lows of our career.”

Watch the video for ‘Saving Grace’ below 


Author : Danu