Cardinals - Cardinals EP [12EP Cream Coloured Vinyl]

Cat. no: SOYOUNG023
Format: 12EP Cream Coloured Vinyl
Barcode: 5060998462568
Release Date: 07 Jun 2024
Genre: Indie

Cardinals start as a joke between two sixteen-year-olds in a sleepy 
fshing town on the southern coast of Ireland
A whole joke- taken- to- heart later and their difference is marked by an early 
immersion in Cork's live music scene, 'we wanted to juxtapose ourselves,' says 
frontman Euan Manning, 'we have pop-leaning infuences and didn't want to shy 
away from that.' Now barely twenty, the six-piece are next in an Irish line changing 
the sound of alternative music. 
Blending Ireland's musical beating heart with a swell of contemporary frisson, the 
six- piece are tied to making music they enjoy whilst being perpetually kept 
outside of their comfort zone. The result is an eclectic gothic amalgam of 
shoegaze, Irish trad folk, and rock which incorporates 60s Wall of Sound 
elements for a punk- infected noise that 'wants to be warm pop.' Underpinning 
this trademark friction is a soft narrative arc which chases a stark vulnerability, 
'I've heard music and seen flms and somehow felt less alone,' says Euan, 'If we 
can do that for someone else, then that's cool in my books.'

PRESS UPDATE:
Included in Rolling Stone and The Independent's Ones To Watch lists for 2024, Sunday Times Breaking Act. On the DORK cover for June. Interview features in DIY, NME and Hot Press. Further coverage from Clash, DIY, NME and more.
Premiere on BBC 6 Music, further plays on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 (handpicked by Fontaines DC's Grian Chatten), Radio X, Beats. Track of the week on RTE2FM (IRE)

MAY TOUR DATES:
9th Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
11th Yes (Basement), Manchester
12th McChullis, Glasgow
14th The Windmill, London
15th The Joiners, Southampton
16th The Great Escape, Brighton
24th Róisín Dubh, Galway
25th Kasbah Social Club, Limerick
26th Cyprus Avenue, Cork

Tracks: Twist and Turn / Unreal / Roseland / Amphetamines / Nineteen / If I Could Make You Care