Next Door Sessions: Cardinals

From a small, dark room on the northside of Cork city - a rehearsal space that is “very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer” - Cardinals have emerged with a debut album that appropriately swings from one extreme to the other. Darkness to light. Light to darkness. Hopefulness to despair. Compassion to chaotic indifference. A band forged through both family and friendship - brothers Euan (vocals, guitar) and Finn (accordion) Manning, their cousin Darragh (drums, tambourine, glockenspiel) and their former schoolmates Oskar Gudinovic (guitar) and Aaron Hurley (bass) - the five-piece have already positioned themselves at the vanguard of the Irish independent rock scene. And with Masquerade, they have flung off the shackles of their early influences to craft something entirely their own. 00:00 - She Makes Me Real 03:57 - I Like You 08:56 - St Agnes 11:24 - Masquerade 15:21 - Roads (Portishead cover) 20:48 - As I Breathe Credits - Produced by Luciano Cusack and Louis Raworth Directed by Luciano Cusack and Mike Glynn Recorded and Mixed by Sam Orman Live Sound by Louis Raworth Mastered by Louis Raworth Shot by Mike Glynn Edited by Mike Glynn Executive Producers; Louis Raworth, Alfie Aukett and Thom Parris Musicians: Euan Manning - Vocals, Guitar Oskar Gudinovic - Guitar Finn Manning - Accordion Aaron Hurley - Bass Darragh Manning - Drums, Glockenspiel Location: Next Door Records Two, London, N16 7UY A Works films production for Next Door Records. All rights reserved by Next Door Records.