Kodaline
In A Perfect World
RCA (2013)
Mohill is a rural Irish village in county Leitrim, it's nice, quaint and generally doesn't divide opinion. To use an Irishism: sure it's grand. It's also where the majority of the songs on Kodaline's debut album In A Perfect World were written. In effect what Kodaline have done is written a powerful, evocative album, that has them on the precipice of filling stadiums, in a part of Ireland known for rolling hills, quaint towns and picturesque surroundings. The self described "4 lads from Dublin that make music" decamped to a house in Leitrim owned by guitarist Mark Prendergast's parents and created an album with a sound that swells far beyond small town surroundings. The band originally got their start in 2007 as 21 Demands, a boyband with questionable hairstyles, on You're A Star, an Irish reality TV show that was equivalent to a smaller scale X Factor. Two years ago they shelved their former moniker and became Kodaline, a change which makes sense - no one in their twenties is the same person as they were in their teens. What followed was heartbreak, dropping out of college and time on the dole, all appropriate fodder for what has turned out … Read more
Galactic Cannibal
We're Fucked
Hewhocorrupts Inc. (2013)
Goddamn, these are some brutally hoarse vocals. Like the kind that makes my voice hurt just thinking about singing along, … Read more
Deadly Reign
Slave
Profane Existence (2013)
Deadly Reign is a three-piece punk unit based in Austin, TX. They are a fairly new band (not to be … Read more
