“[‘I Like You’] is the first song we wrote with the album in mind,” says frontman Euan Manning. “After a very long period of not working on anything, we started and finished this some bright morning last February in our practice studio. It felt cathartic, a completely grounding moment after feeling slightly lost for months.
The first lyric is stripped/paraphrased from the tune ‘My Funny Valentine.’ I don’t think it was written by Chet Baker but that’s the version we know.”
Cardinals have also announced new headlining U.S. tour dates for May. The Cork, Ireland-natives will kick off the slate of shows in Boston on May 7 before taking their high-octane live performance to New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party. Cardinals’ U.S. shows will come on the heels of their headlining UK and Ireland tour in March.
A band forged through both family and friendship – brothers Euan and Finn Manning, their cousin Darragh and their former schoolmates Oskar Gudinovic and Aaron Hurley – the five-piece have already positioned themselves at the vanguard of the Irish independent rock scene. With Masquerade, they have flung off any shackles to craft something entirely their own.
Masquerade will be released on all physical formats including a Rough Trade exclusive Galaxy vinyl (sold-out), Retail and Artist store variants as well as CD and cassette (exclusively via the band’s store). On February 11 at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT, Cardinals will treat fans to a virtual listening party of Masquerade on Bandcamp.
Cardinals are:
Euan Manning – guitar and vocals
Oskar Gudinovic – guitar
Aaron Hurley – bass
Finn Manning – accordion
Darragh Manning – drums
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