In A Perfect World

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a b Sullivan, Caroline (20 June 2013). "Kodaline: In a Perfect World – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 June 2013. Best of 2013 – Top 20 Albums". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014 . Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Sullivan, Caroline (7 June 2013). "Kodaline: In a Perfect World – review". Clash . Retrieved 22 June 2013. Steve Garrigan– lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin (born 23 August 1988) (2005-present)

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Mark and Steve clearly have a strong friendship. “We can basically read each other’s mind at this point because we’ve known each other so long,” says Steve. Kodaline is a four-piece Irish band. They are also a hardly original four-piece Irish band. Already, the group has earned comparisons to the likes of Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Elbow, Mumford and Sons and U2, and I’d be darned if I didn’t hear a little bit of the Waterboys somewhere circa Fisherman’s Blues on their debut disc, In a Perfect World (but maybe that’s just the Mumford copying showing its obvious influence). Your mileage on whether or not this “imitation” is a form of sincere flattery or just plain laziness will vary. Since the album was released in June 2013 in the United Kingdom, the critical response to it has veered all over the map into love it or hate it territory. As of the beginning of September, when I sat down to pen these words, In a Perfect World had a pretty mediocre Metacritic score of 54. On one end of the spectrum, Clash Music gushed that “Kodaline illustrate all the ingredients for greatness, with many a swooning chorus to invoke a thousand festival lighters held aloft.” On the other, Q Magazine trashed the record, giving it a two out of 10 score, and dubbing it “entirely meritless”. So how much you like In a Perfect World pretty much rests on how much you like other contemporary British and Irish bands. Ally Carnwath (16 June 2013). "Kodaline: In a Perfect World – review | Music | The Observer". Guardian . Retrieved 2 May 2014.

On 10 January 2020, the band released " Wherever You Are" as the lead single from their fourth studio album. The song peaked at number sixty-six on the Irish Singles Chart. " Sometimes" was released as the bands second single from their fourth studio album on 6 March 2020. The song peaked at number ninety-four on the Irish Singles Chart. The album titled One Day at a Time was released on 12 June 2020. The album peaked at number two on the Irish Albums Chart. In November 2020, the band released the single "This Must Be Christmas". Brand New Day" was released as the third single from the album on 23 August 2013. The song has peaked to number 29 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 75 on the UK Singles Chart. Demands also wrote the single "One of Those Days" which they played on the Irish SuperValu channel BalconyTV. Gill, Andy (14 June 2013). "Album review: Kodaline, In a Perfect World (B-Unique)". The Independent . Retrieved 22 June 2013.Philip Magee speaks about producing Kodaline, The Script & More". [Air // Million] . Retrieved 8 August 2015. [ permanent dead link] Hardy, Tony (20 June 2013). "Album Review: Kodaline - In a Perfect World". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 20 June 2013. Jones, Alan (5 October 2018). "Charts analysis: Rod Stewart rules albums chart". Music Week. Intent Media . Retrieved 22 January 2020. Canadian album certifications – Kodaline – In a Perfect World". Music Canada . Retrieved 4 February 2023. Carnwath, Ally (16 June 2013). "Kodaline: In a Perfect World – review". The Observer . Retrieved 22 June 2013.