Koden was formed in Atlanta in early 2012. Band members consist of Vincent Gray, Pete Lim, Brian Miller, Nathan Sadler, and Kara Strauss- featuring members of New Animal, Spirits & the Melchizedek Children, Imagination Head, the Mad Flight, Gin House and Soft Targets. "What begins with a wand waved in a gossamer haze culminates in a thorough interrogation of love and power, by turns subtle and nuanced, then brash and strident, with melodies in spades and more to spare. Koden starts with silence when, ex nihilo, patiently, a heavenly host of keyboards constellates that empty space, populates it with pointillist-like purpose, starring the sky in a slowly unfurling Big Bang...These songs have a weightlessness to them, a pensive buoyant pulse and its relief, the weight of your body miraculously annulled—a soaring swoon, the fall that feels like flight." -Paul Cantrell, Stranger Than Magazine "Combines Chill-Wave, Motown and African rhythms with post-modern classical chord changes and jazz vocal harmonies comparable to Steely Dan. With vocal styles reminiscent of Elliot Smith and Sade, the band, formed in early 2012, invokes an urban serene feel to its music." -Ellen Eldridge, Atlanta Music Guide "Seeks to deliver emotional uplift via hopeful exuberance, framing his warm-weather indie pop jams with chiming pianos, bright guitars and warm choral passages." -Moe Castro, Latest Disgrace