The Cardinals: All hail Cork's hottest new band 

With write-ups in NME and praise from Grian Chatten, The Cardinals are making waves. Exciting times indeed for the Kinsale group

Cardinals were formed in Kinsale, and will soon release their debut EP. Euan Manning, second from right, with Oskar Gudinovic (guitar and keyboards), Aaron Hurley (bass), Kieran Hurley (guitar) and Darragh Manning. Picture: Ali Quinlan

The first time up-and-coming Cork indie band Cardinals played Dublin, six people showed up and the staff asked the musicians to turn down the volume during their soundcheck as it was putting customers off their pints.

“The barman told us to quiet down when we were soundchecking,” singer Euan Manning chuckles over Zoom from the group’s HQ in St Lukes on the northside of Cork. “The green room was a retired kitchen. It was good to play for nobody because you can take risks. The bar was going on downstairs. Apparently we were disturbing the patrons.”