Depicted as ‘the perfect place to enjoy a relaxing break’ and with a steady flow of stop-over tourists and yuppie city sailors sipping ‘g and t’s’ on the Solent, its not surprising the locals of the Isle of Wight need to find their own foundation. Which is maybe why the island is becoming a breeding ground for up and coming new bands and Kody are the newest and loudest of them all? Formed in 2016, the Ryde four-piece have studied their peers and created a modern and thoughtful British Rock Band that dishes out big songs, in a big noise with a big passion. Their local gigs on the island started as unorganised riotous punk rock affairs who’s reputation got onto the mainland early this year. Before long, word of mouth spread and with an attitude of ‘we’ll play anywhere’ they were asked to play anywhere and did; from University bars, to private parties, schools, town halls and established venues such as London’s Marquee. Soon local press where getting wind of their gigs and a relentless fixture list, and fanzines such as Tiny Bombs, Yuppie, Box, Repeat and Vanity Project where starting to write about them.

They carried on touring and somewhere on the way picked up a Welsh tour manager, Taff, and an old Ambulance as a tour bus. A demo by the band recorded by Nick Smith earned them live sessions around the country and a European broadcasted show on British Forces Radio. By the summer the band had clocked 70 gigs in the year and were tired and ill but had earned a healthy and loyal following. When they returned home for a rest, they were offered a deal with the new Isle of Wight based label, Tidal. They set off to the big city and set about recording with ex Zomba producer Simon Hanhart at Miloco studios in London. Despite strange reactions to Czech lager, the van being broken into and bomb scares, the recording session went well and they at last got back to the safety of the Isle of Wight, to prepare themselves for their next dates.

Kody’s sound is based around the astute song-writing talent and amazing voice of Gareth Icke, They have created a style full of energy and youthful aggression that sits on great and memorable songs. Brothers Oliver and Turlough Ducie, and Tim Pritchard complete the line up of this huge if somewhat chaotic new talent.