KODALINE RELEASE FINAL STUDIO ALBUM WE WERE ONLY YOUNG

Today, the beloved Irish band Kodaline have released their final studio album We Were Only Young via Concord. Listen/Purchase here

Saying goodbye is never easy, but Kodaline have written the perfect closing chapter to their story with We Were Only Young. A band born busking on the streets of Swords, Dublin to go on to triumph against the odds and deliver a chart-topping, multi-platinum and multi-billion streamed career to touch the hearts of fans across the globe. 

Following an extraordinary career spanning more than a decade, Kodaline offer listeners this last statement, a contemplative and hugely moving work that explores pertinent themes of growth, connection, love and closure, as they look towards a bright and hopeful future.

“It’s a great feeling to be releasing new music, giving the fans something new before we go our separate ways,” says drummer Vinny May. “I think we owe it to them – some of them have been with us from the very start, supporting us through thick and thin, and we wouldn’t be who we are without them.”

“We’ve got fans who feel like family, who’ve grown up with us and played our music at their birthdays, weddings, funerals, the births of their children,” frontman Steve Garrigan adds.  “It’s a strange feeling, reflecting on all of it now.”

We Were Only Young weaves a tapestry between beautiful ballads, from the soft and soaring acoustics of ‘All I Ever Need Is You’, to the piano and gospel-laced ‘Learn To Lose’. While the tender songs are joined by huge such pop anthems, such as the bright ‘It’s Not Over’, and the propulsive harmony driven ‘Get Me High’. 

A jubilant folk bounce rings out through latest single ‘Vultures’, complimenting the haunting cavernous sounds that mark the beginning and end to the record, which launches with the bold and brooding ‘Who Will Save You Now’ and closes with the uplifting yet solemn ‘The One For Me’.