Initially operating under the moniker 21 Demands, Ireland's Kodaline emerged in 2012 with a sound rooted in the soaring, radio-ready guitar rock of Coldplay, Keane, U2, and Oasis. The band found mainstream success with the release of their platinum-selling 2013 debut, In a Perfect World, and continued to top the charts in their Irish homeland with subsequent efforts Coming Up for Air (2015), Politics of Living (2018), and One Day at a Time (2020).
Formed in the working-class town of Swords, Ireland, around the talents of Steve Garrigan, Vinnie May, Jr., Jason Boland, and Mar...