The band’s brothers Euan and Finn Manning on being labelled the ‘Drunken Smiths’ and the ‘Sober Pogues’ in the British press, making their debut album ‘Masquerade’ and – while they love Kneecap and Fontaines DC – why they don’t see themselves as part of a ‘green wave’
Cardinals at Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork city. From left, Oskar Gudinovic, Finn Manning, Euan Manning, Darragh Manning, Aaron Hurley. Photo: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
Rolling Stone may not carry the sort of weight it once did, but when rock’s most celebrated magazine raves about up your fledgling band, the industry takes notice.
“Meet Cardinals,” the headline went. “The next great guitar band to emerge from Ireland.”