Hailing from Cork, Ireland, five-piece Cardinals mix post-punky rock with traditional celtic music and lots of attitude. The band released their debut EP earlier this year on So Young Records (listen below), have been namechecked by Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chattten and Kneecap, and their fall tour schedule incudes Pitchfork Paris and UK dates with Been Stellar. I caught them at Oya Festival in August and thought they were really good.
Just ahead of their fall tour dates comes new single “Get It,” a very catchy straight-up rock song. “To me it’s a song about reflection, looking at what went wrong but also at what went right,” says frontman Euan Manning. “The worst and the best. Its climax crowns love as an overwhelmingly positive force, whichever type of love that may be. It’s a change of pace for us and definitely feels like a bridging moment for what’s to come next.” Watch the video for that below.
Cardinals will be coming to NYC in December for their first shows here, playing Union Pool on 12/5 and Berlin Under A on 12/6.
All dates are listed below.
Cardinals – 2024 Tour Dates
12/10/2024 – Here’s The Thing Festival 2024, Tilburg, NL
24/10/2024 – They’re Gonna Be Big Festival 2024, Supersonic, Paris, FR
25/10/2024 – London Calling, Amsterdam, NL
04/11/2024 – Third Man Blue Basement, London, UK
08/11/2024 – Pitchfork London, The Lower Third, UK w/ Far Caspian
09/11/2024 – Mutations Festival, Brighton, UK
16/11/2024 – Live At Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
19/11/2024 – The Fleece, Bristol, UK*
21/11/2024 – Manchester Academy 3, Manchester, UK*
22/11/2024 – King Tut’s, Glasgow, UK*
24/11/2024 – The Cluny, Newcastle, UK*
25/11/2024 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK*
26/11/2024 – The Bodega, Nottingham, UK*
28/11/2024 – Scala, London, UK*
30/11/2024 – The Workmans, Dublin, IE
01/12/2024 – Roisin Dubh, Galway, IE
02/12/2024 – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, UK
5/12/2024 – Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
6/12/2024 – New York, NYC Berlin
(* w/Been Stellar)