The Cork five-piece Cardinals share their first new material of 2025 in "Big Empty Heart". Recorded with producer Shrink at RAK Studios, the band's frontman Euan Manning had the following to say about their dynamic new single, one that set roots long before the band formed:

"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."

"Big Empty Heart" follows last year's one-off single "Get It" and before that an acclaimed debut EP for the tastemaker label So Young Records. Those six songs displayed the innate warmth of their songwriting, and "Big Empty Heart" has a similar feel, the cyclical sounds of the accordion adding a traditional element to a song and sound that feels both familiar and at once startlingly new.

Cardinals live:

19th August - Collins Barracks, Dublin w/ Wunderhorse
20th August - Collins Barracks, Dublin w/ Wunderhorse
7th September - The Stage at Suffolk Downs, Boston, MA w/ The Pogues 
9th September - Horseshoe, Toronto, ON, CA
11th September - Cobra Lounge, Chicago, IL, US
13th September - Rickshaw, San Francisco, CA
16th September - Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
22nd September - Bristol, Strange Brew
23rd September 2025 - Southampton, Joiners
25th September 2025 - Norwich, Waterfront Studio
26th September 2025 - Leeds, Belgrave
27th September 2025- Manchester, Yes Pink Room
29th September 2025- Brighton, Patterns
30th September 2025 - London, Moth Club
15th October - The Curtin, Melbourne
16th October - Metro Social, Sydney