Kodaline’s Mark Prendergast to release debut EP

Mark Prendergast’s new project Man Alive is a left-field step away from his international chart-conquering success with Kodaline.

Evident in his debut EP Colours, set for release on Sept 15, the track takes listeners through a whirlpool of emotions. “I was just like a kid in a candy shop when making this EP. When you’re in a band and you get it right, there’s a confidence that comes from a gang mentality, and that’s great, but this was the total opposite. Just the idea of going solo was a thrill, but the songs always came first and drove everything. Like everybody else in this world, you go through moments where you’re fucking great and you go through moments where you’re not. I suppose each song is just about a different kind of emotion, and that discovery of figuring out who you are and all that kind of craic,” says Prendergast.

The new single is a…