Kodaline Release Final Album We Were Only Young
Kodaline have released their fifth and final studio album, We Were Only Young, today, bringing their time together as a band to a close.
Released via Concord, the 12-track album features the previously released title track, ‘Back To Me’, ‘Without You’ and ‘Vultures’, alongside seven other songs. The record was written entirely by frontman Steve Garrigan, marking the first time the band's album has been written solely by one member.
The album takes in some of the subjects that have shaped Garrigan's writing over the past few years, including relationships, loss, uncertainty and change. In discussing the record, he has said it became a way of making sense of an important period in his life, including getting married, dealing with loss and the decision to bring Kodaline to an end.
As a final album, We Were Only Young is a measured rather than dramatic goodbye. Kodaline stay close to the melodic, emotionally direct songwriting that has defined much of their work, with the stronger moments coming when the arrangements give the songs room to breathe rather than pushing too hard for a big emotional payoff. There are familiar touches throughout, and the album doesn't radically reinvent the band's sound, but that isn't necessarily what it is trying to do. Instead, it feels like a considered collection of songs that brings their story to a natural close.
The album's title track was released in April, followed by ‘Without You’, ‘Back To Me’ and ‘Vultures’ ahead of today's full release. ‘Vultures’, the most recent of the four, arrived in September and was accompanied by a video filmed during the band's farewell world tour.
We Were Only Young — Tracklist
- 1. ‘Who Will Save You Now’
- 2. ‘We Were Only Young’
- 3. ‘Back To Me’
- 4. ‘Without You’
- 5. ‘Get Me High’
- 6. ‘All I Ever Need Is You’
- 7. ‘Vultures’
- 8. ‘Last Forever’
- 9. ‘Learn To Lose’
- 10. ‘Hindsight’
- 11. ‘It’s Not Over’
- 12. ‘The One For Me’
Kodaline are now taking the album on their farewell world tour, with UK dates scheduled for December. The band have described We Were Only Young as their final studio album after more than a decade together.
We Were Only Young is out now via Concord.
Listen to Kodaline — We Were Only Young on Spotify
Watch on YouTubeFor the UK leg of Kodaline’s Farewell Tour, the current dates are:
- 12 December 2026 — Roundhouse, London
- 14 December 2026 — O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
- 15 December 2026 — Manchester Albert Hall, Manchester
- 16 December 2026 — O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
The Glasgow show was moved from Barrowland Ballroom to O2 Academy Glasgow, with existing tickets remaining valid.