Kodaline

Kodaline
Kodaline performing in 2015
Background information
Origin	Swords, Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Indie folk, indie rock, indie pop. alternative 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/) 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. 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.

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. 21 Demands also wrote "One of Those Days", which they played on the Irish YouTube channel Balcony TV.

The quartet released their debut extended play—The Kodaline EP—on Friday 7 September 2012, produced by Philip Magee. "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", 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. On 17 June 2013, Kodaline released their first studio album, In a Perfect World.