Cardinals have shared new single ‘Big Empty Heart’, their first new material of 2025.

The Cork five-piece recorded the track with producer Shrink at RAK Studios.

Band frontman Euan Manning commented, “Big Empty Heart is a love song written from beyond the grave. It is a waltz as waltzes are the most romantic kinds of songs. Oskar wrote the main melody on a Korg synthesiser when he was 12 and the song is built around that.”

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‘Big Empty Heart’ is the follow-up to last year’s one-off single ‘Get It’ and their acclaimed debut EP for So Young Records.

Cardinals are set to play their biggest show yet next month when they open for Fontaines D.C. at their huge Finsbury Park London show before joining Wunderhorse in Dublin for two nights. The band will also embark on a headline UK tour this September – full details below:

London Finsbury Park, 05 July w/ Fontaines D.C.
Dublin Collins Barracks, 19 Aug w/ Wunderhorse
Dublin Collins Barracks, 20 w/ Wunderhorse
Bristol Strange Brew, 22 Sept
Southampton Joiners, 23
Norwich Waterfront Studio, 25
Leeds Belgrave, 26
Manchester YES Pink Room, 27
Brighton Patterns, 29
London Moth Club, 30

Tickets on sale Thursday (12 June) at 10am from Gigantic Ticketmaster See Tickets

The Cardinals are Euan Manning (guitar and vocals), Oskar Gudinovic (guitar), Aaron Hurley (bass), Finn Manning (accordion) and Darragh Manning (drums).

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