Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. Mark:
'Way back when'. I wrote 'way back when' when I was sitting in our
back garden one day and the whole idea for the song just came to me
so I went in and recorded it and it took us 4 minutes to recorded a
demo version and I kinda forgot about it. I came back two days and
showed the guys and it's quite like a country book. It's different
then what we usually do. We all liked the song so much. It was one of
the last songs that we recorded and we, instead of really going into
the room we just wanted to make a really good atmosphere in the album
so we all got a drum each and Cliff, our producer. And we all just
kinda, we all just bashed, attacked the drums. Steve:
we had like, I think there's a video just out of the hands of a
photographer. There's just four of us all playing drums and we just
banging then and just.. It was a lot of fun, but the song itself is a
lot of fun. Mark:
yeah, cause we were kinda growing up. Steve:
It reminds me of grow up. When we kinda, we grew up together so it's
easy to write about. It's kinda the freedom you have when you're a
kid. Mark:
It kinda touched everything, it kinda touches all my past
relationships, loosing some one we're close with, it's a nice way to
finish the album. That's what you get when your in school and you're
actually summer off and you're got three months just no worries and
all. Steve:
It's like the last day of school, I mean, when we you're a kid that's
the best day in the world. Mark:
One of our last days of school we went down to the valley. The
valley, it's in between where me and Steve lives and where Vinny
lives and we just jumped in the river. Steve:
in our uniforms. Mark:
yeah, and this river is like terrible. Steve:
I was walking by quite recently and I was like: 'I can't believe we
jumped in that'. We probably got like some disease of something like
that. Mark:
when we came out, it was like four hours. Steve:
because it was the last day of school, we didn't care, we were like..
That's kinda the freedom of your youth. Those will be the days that
I'll be missing.
22-07-2013 om 14:00
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Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. Mark:
'Pray'. 'Pray' is probably the darkest side of the album. Steve:
it's definably the darkest song on the album. Mark:
I remember Steve showed it to me in my house and he was playing the
acoustic and I was playing the piano. We we just came up with the
music for it. Vinny:
the storm transformed. Mark:
then we went down to Leitrim to record it the same day as brand new
day, which we talked about earlier on and (naar Jay) this is your
favourite song. Jay:
yeah, this is my favourite song. It got lots of energy, it's not dark
for the sake of being dark, that's what I love about it. It just gets
the mood across really well. Steve:
It's brutally honest. Jay:
I don't know, it's got the most energy on the record for me. But
that's just my taste. Mark:
I really like it. It was on our first E.P and every one on the team
just liked the song so much, we didn't wanna just let it go so we
just putted it on the album as well. It fits really well and it's
kinda like it's gonna be part of our set list for quite a long time
because it's just a lot of fun. It's very intense and it's gives you
more energy live then we played in long. Steve:
yeah, the lyrics are self explainable. It's kinda about loosing
somebody. But funny enough it's not about relationships, it's about
loosing somebody and something backs it away, so. It's pretty dark.
It's a cool song to play, it's very honest. Mark:
Pray.
22-07-2013 om 13:36
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Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. Mark:
'Talk'. 'Talk' is about a relationship that I was, that I want
through. (tegen Steve) how much relationships are on this album? But
about this moment when you break up with some one in like a bad way
but you kinda keep going back to them, you shouldn't. It's incredible
honest, every word is just what I went trough. Everything. Yeah, it
was a weird kind of break up in a weird kind of time.. Steve:
I, I just, I was kind of, this was about a year after when I went
through or just another year. So Mark gone through it and we both
kind of sat at the piano and he was showing it to me and we were
kinda just like: 'lad, I know how you feel' and stuff. The song kinda
came from that. I mean.. It's primarily about Mark's experience but
because I've been through similar it was kinda.. Mark:
Related. Steve:
we kinda helped each other, so. Mark:
we really kinda were in the studio and there was this instument which
we never used before and we were kinda going straight for it and use
it so and all words are in this place called Veil. And the second I
went into that studio I felt in love with this thing and the breaker.
But I absolutely loved it. Steve:
that's the sound of the (doet het geluid na). It's such a great
sound. It was really good. Our man in the studio, a place called veil
studios but he wasn't too happy when we blew up his .. So sorry
Chris, We get you another ... Vinny:
no no, you fixed it! Steve:
Sorry Chris, were not going to get you another ... Mark:
That's talk
22-07-2013 om 13:19
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Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. Mark:
All comes down to you. Steve:
this, the next song is called 'all comes down to you'. Mark:
It's the oldest song. Steve:
it's the oldest song on the album. Vinny:
an al timer. Steve:
yeah, an al timer. Yeah, right there little fellah. But eum,.. Mark:
this was a song like all I want. Like the first time we played it was
the way it is now. Everything just happened. We were all like:
sometimes you just get that magic in like a room when you play
together, every one is on the same page and it just happens. And that
happened with this song and it's probably my favourite song to play
live because it's just, every one, we really really go for it because
it's such an emotional song. It's a great vocal on it. It's real from
the heart. Steve:
It's also, I remember when we first demo this back to the
relationship. - But I just, pretty much. it's partly about that and
it's partly about kind off what you choose to do and everything. The
chooses that you make, I mean, and what you wanna do in life. It all
comes down to you. I mean, it's really up to you, but I mean, there's
a funny lyric in it. It's 'I still hear the sound of that runaway
train'. Runaway train was.. Mark:
a Tom Petty song. Steve:
It's a Tom Petty song but do you know when you're in a relationship
you have like a song? Called THE song. I'm sure every one has one.
That was the.. That was the song of that relationship. And I hope I
never hear it again. Mark:
But we recorded this in our own country and we wanted a choir on
because it has this huge chorus at the end but instead of a gospel
choir because when you're in a band, it's just a little bit weird. So
we just invited fifteen of our mates down to the studio and we had a
barbecue and lot of beers. Then we went in and recorded the chorus
section at the end. Steve:
we put in stamps and claps. Mark:
We had a really good night, it was kinda like a party and just
recorded the vocal and then we, after we finished that we had a big
session. It was cool. And you can kinda get that. Steve:
it's the big choir we were trying to put on. Mark:
it's quite joyous. It's cool. Vinny:
it's a very powerful song. When it hits the last chorus, it's a great
song. It's good live. Just like Mark's saying. We're putting
everything into it, I figure. Mark:
that's 'all comes down to you'.
22-07-2013 om 12:47
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Steve:
hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. It's a big bad
world. Vinny:
big bad world Mark:
It's a big bad world. Steve:
this song actually, we lived in Brighton last year. Vinny:
For about a month. Steve:
Only for about a month but I had my friend had an I phone and he had
Garageband on the I phone. And I was blown away, it was the first
time that I used it so I just took it and made it into a room. That's
where 'Big bad world' came from. So it was written on an I phone. Mark:
we actually kept the sound from the I phone, from the Garageband on
the I phone. We kept it, brought it to this big, fancy studio and it
was just that sound from the phone. Steve:
It's cool. It's like, yeah Garageband is great, man. Ow, my phones
broken! But that's another story. Mark:
the first time we ever played it, we did like an acoustic version in
L.A where we weren't sure what we were doing but it was cool. You
should check it out. It's like having the right structure. but it
started on an I phone which is cool. And now we are playing it, so. Steve:
Yeah, it's a lot fun. Jay:
we wanted to get more instruments. So we adapt like three of four
drums. It's a big band world Mark:
it'll be cool to get an I phone out and just play it on that. Steve:
that's what I mean, man. (doet de sound na) But.. Mark:
that's big bad world Steve:
it's a big bad world.
22-07-2013 om 12:09
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Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is out track by track. Mark:
After the fall. It's the sixth, track six on the album. I had this
riff three years ago. We Always kinda said that that should get on
the album so, and then we recorded it and it turned out great. It's
probably one of those energetically live to open with on a festival.
It's just the immediate crowd response is cool. Steve:
it's about just kinda just feeling a little bit lost but then light
and direction in life. It's a very energetic song. It's cool. Mark:
actually, we opened with this on a festival the other day and Jay's
bass just exploded. It started like.. Jay:
I was in it for like six notes.. So, really good timing. Vinny:
we were just like wow! Steve:
the riff was just so big Vinny:
so big and so perfect. It's amazing so.. Mark:
we were like: guys, get back of it. Steve:
yeah, but it's a lot of fun to play and.. Mark:
after the fall is a more hopefull song when you start playing it
live. Great energy. It just gets going. It's a big concept. That's
after the fall.
22-07-2013 om 11:50
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Steve:
Hey, we are Kodaline and this is our track by track. This is a song
called 'Brand new day'. Mark:
It's a song that me and Steve wrote in my back garden. It was like
summer, really nice day. And we just wanted to wrote a song that we
kinda like, we were unsigned with no direction. Steve:
the funny thing is: it's about leaving your home town and getting
tired of your home town. Mark:
we love our home town. Steve:
We love out home town but it's just the same thing everyday. It's
about just wanting to travel the world and move away and just
experience new things and stuff. Mark:
we kinda wanted a song that you can just kinda, when it's a sunny
day, when the sun is out, chill and have a beer and puts you in the
mood. Steve:
When we recorded it, I did the vocals outside, because it was a sunny
and I was trying to get into the real summery kind of vibe. We had a
lot of fun doing it. Mark:
We only started playing it in the last month because, we're actually
getting really, really good. You never know what kind of song is
going to react to a crowd. This ones gonna get there. Steve:
that one is actually doing good. Mark:
And we recorded this the same day we did pray, down in Leitrim. Steve:
which we talk about next. Mark:
Jason, thoughts on this one? Jay:
I like this song. Mark:
Here you go, 'brand new day', Jay likes it. Vinny:
Jay likes it. Steve:
you should listen to it.
22-07-2013 om 11:32
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Steve:
Hey, we're Kodaline and this is our track by track. Yeah the next
song on the album is called 'High hopes'. I remember the day that I
wrote it it went up to Marks house and showed it to him and stuff.
It's interesting, the video have five minutes on them. Mark:
It was called roulette. Steve:
Yeah, but it's just about, I mean, I just dropped out of college and
no real direction, realy. No plans, and going through the break up as
well. Yeah lots of stuff happened then and I was going through a
though time and I remembered thinking that I was feeling bad. I mean,
think Positive. Positive thinking is the most powerful thing. And
then I showed it and sat down and I.. Mark: except for a shark attack. Steve:
Except a shark attack. Yeah, you can't take a positive shark, there
just going mug, man. The day I wrote it, the first person I showed it
to was my dad. And then he, I dropped out of college and I was like:
'hey, I wrote this song' and he kind of came over to me and I sat
down and I played it and I turned around to him and he goes: 'That's
cool, are you going to college tomorrow?' I was like.. I didn't
actually tell him. He thought I was in college for a whole year but I
wasn't in college. Mark:
it's an old song so there is no chord in it but then we were trying
to make it a litte hip hop and put a drum beat on it, jazz basically.
And it brought the song to a whole new place. And that's how we
released it, record it and we still love it. Steve:
Positive thinking.
22-07-2013 om 11:06
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Steve:
Hey, we are Kodaline and this is our track by track. The next song on
the album is love like this. It's actually after 'all I want' was
written about a relationship that failed and eum, it was a tough
break up then this was written about kinda like, what's it called? A
rebound, I supose. Mark:
A fling. Steve:
A fling. Vinny:
A fling. Steve:
but it was like one of those relationship that wasn't going anywhere
but for some reason I didn't mind with it. It was summer as well and
you know.. Yeah, I know it wasn't going to
last probably because I was still hung op on the other one of all I
want but.. Vinny:
She was sharpen in. Mark:
But it's quicker, at least now. Whenever when we stepped in off the
music in Steve's sisters bedroom just because there's a mandoline in
there. And steve's was playing the mandoline and I was playing guitar
and this song just happened really quickly. Jay:
We love when making the video as well, it's the first video that we
were allowed to be in. Be part of the whole making process. It gives
us a whole inside in the world. Mark:
And Steve got slapped around. Jay:
we got, we mixed all the slapping so we just satting back while he.. Steve:
you go slapping all the time with any one so.. All
the rest: Ssshhtt! Vinny:
We gave them some coaching Jay:
you want more? Mark:
it's incredibly Irish, this song. But we are Irish so the completing
process just happen like that. Steve:
It would really be strange if we were Japanese or something. Mark:
we love playing it live and.. Steve:
it's cool, I mean.. it's happy but it's sad. The lyrics are sad and
happy. Yeah, but it's just about.. I'm not gonna name any names but
you know who you are. I was joking.
22-07-2013 om 10:41
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