RD:
14/10/22
'The title of the album summarizes where Kodaline’s at on their creative path: they went back to their roots in Ireland, played two sold out hometown shows, and played their most famous songs stripped down and unplugged. This live album will mark the beginning of a new era for Kodaline, with creative freedom and control for the first time in band’s history, since their formation in 2011. 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