Cardinals

Cardinals are a five-piece indie rock band from Cork city, Ireland, playing their concert at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. The group's debut album is Masquerade.

Cardinals are an indie rock band from Cork city in Ireland, built on family and friendship. Brothers Euan Manning (vocals, guitar) and Finn Manning (accordion) are joined by their cousin Darragh on drums, tambourine and glockenspiel, and by former schoolmates Oskar Gudinovic (guitar) and Aaron Hurley (bass), making five members in total. The group has established itself among the leading acts of the Irish independent rock scene.

Their debut album, Masquerade, moves between contrasts. Its moods swing between dark and bright, hope and despair, tenderness and indifference. The songs were developed in a small rehearsal room on the northside of Cork, a space that is cold in winter and hot in summer.

The Brudenell Social Club in Burley, Leeds, began as a working men's club and is now a live music venue that mainly stages pop, rock and indie concerts, the genres that this band belongs to.