12 September 2022
Newsdesk
International chart-topping hitmakers Kodaline have released a beautiful live version of their hit single ‘High Hopes’. The track is taken from the forthcoming stripped-back live album Our Roots Run Deep, out October 14th via Fantasy Records / Concord.
The new live version captures a rapturous response from the crowd at the intimate Olympia Theatre show in Dublin, where the album was recorded in March this year. The band are matched by their doting fans pitch perfect, line for line, as Kodaline become one with their audience for this heart-warming rendition of their No.1 hit in their homeland and UK Top 20 single, taken from their double-platinum debut album In A Perfect World in 2013.
Regarding the single Steve says, “‘High Hopes’ is one of our oldest songs, it’s also the first song I ever wrote and sang that really resonated with me on a personal level. I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve played it but there was something special about this performance. Thanks to David Doyle for playing cello and to the crowd for singing along with us.”
Our Roots Run Deep is produced with pristine clarity by fellow Irish cohort, Phillip Magee and features a cross-section of the group’s most treasured tunes and three illuminating covers in over 80-minutes of music with 17 tracks.
Known for the soaring, sing-along pop-rock anthems and lush, yearning ballads that have topped radio and streaming charts around the globe, for these special intimate performances Kodaline utilised largely acoustic instruments including cellist, David Doyle and keyboardist/vocalist, David Prendergast who help give the warm, living room sound added layers of texture and depth.
