Kodaline Research

Kodaline research

“Music should have a purpose, you know,” says Steve, “Our purpose is honesty”.

Background information

Kodaline are a four-piece indie-rock band from Dublin, Ireland. In 2007 the band was originally known as 21 Demands, the band made chart history in March of that year, their debut single "Give Me A Minute" became number one in the Irish singles chart. The band is made up of Steve Garrigan, Mark Prendergast, Vinny May and Jason Boland. In 2011 the band changed their name to Kodaline.

Their first release as Kodaline was in September 2012, they released their debut extended play- The Kodaline EP. This included the songs All I Want, Lose Your Mind, Perfect World and play. ‘All I want’ went on to be successful and featured in a number of television programmes, including Grey’s Anatomy.

The band released their first studio album in June 2013: In a Perfect World. It featured the tracks

1.  One Day

2. All I Want

3. Love Like This               

4. High Hopes   

5. Brand New Day           

6. after The Fall

7. Big Bad World              

8. All Comes Down         

9. Talk

10. Pray

11. Way Back When       

12. The Answer

13. Perfect World

14. Lose Your Mind  

The band are signed to RCA records who have signed a wide range of famous artists (included below)

Influences

In this Q&A session for sounds magazine the band discuss their influences. Lead singer Steve Garrigan talks about how blues and soul singers such as Sam Cooke and Etta James had a personal influence on him. In relation to the entire band they name bands such as The Beatles, The Strokes, Elbow, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin 

Statistics

Kodaline: have 100,00+ followers on twitter

170,00+ likes on Facebook

85,000+ subscribers on YouTube

We will use the information we have gathered to create an identity to the band, establish who they are, in the hopes of creating a video that will fall into the genre they are a part of.