KODALINE ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP
BROTHER OUT NOW
WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO HERE
HEADLING DUBLIN’S MALAHIDE CASTLE TOMORROW
TORONTO, ON – June 16, 2022 - 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. Pre-order the album here, and watch the live performance video of Brother 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.
It can be argued that in some ways the international chart-topping hitmakers, and world-wide concert draws, who are massively synched on film and television, have been hiding in plain sight. Our Roots Run Deep is a spectacular showcase for the purity of their artistry and the profound musical impact they’ve had on a generation. Their next step is around the corner, till then, this is Kodaline—unguarded, simple, essential.
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 and exclusive double cassette.
Kodaline have announced an extensive Our Roots Run Deep European headline tour running through October and November 2022. Ahead of this, they will play several shows this month, including Malahide Castle tomorrow (June 17), Sea Sessions in Donegal, Ireland on June 18 and Lytham Festival on June 30. Full dates are listed below, and tickets are on sale now at kodaline.com.
OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP TRACKLIST:
1. Wherever You Are
2. Ready
3. Brother
4. Brand New Day
5. Billie Jean
6. The One
7. Moving On
8. The Answer
9. Dirty Old Town
10. Love Like This
11. Sometimes
12. Love Will Set You Free
13. High Hopes
14. Bring It On Home To Me
15. Perfect World
16. Everything Works Out In The End
17. All I Want
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
June 17 - Dublin - Malahide Castle
June 18 - Donegal - Sea Sessions
June 30 - Lancashire - Lytham Festival
October 5 - Strasbourg - La Laiterie
October 6 - Brussels - Ancienne Belgique
October 7 - Tilburg - 013
October 8 - Cologne - Carlswerk Victoria
October 10 - Hamburg - Fabrik
October 12 - Stockholm – Slaktkyrkan
October 13 - Oslo - Rockefeller
October 14 - Copenhagen - Vega Main Hall
October 15 - Berlin - Astra
October 17 - Poznan - Tama
October 18 - Warsaw - Stodola
October 19 - Vienna - Gasometer
October 20 - Krakow - Studio
October 22 - Budapest - Akvarium Klub
October 24 - Prague - Forum
October 25 - Munich - Tonhalle
October 26 - Frankfurt - Batschkapp
November 11 - Madrid - Riviera
November 13 - Milan - Fabrique
November 14 - Bologna - Estragon
November 15 - Rome - Orion
November 17 - Lyon - Le Transbordeur
November 18 - Stuttgart - Longhorn
November 19 - Luxembourg - Den Atelier
November 20 - Zurich - X-Tra
November 22 - Paris - Bataclan
November 23 - Amsterdam - Paradiso