Band To Watch: Cardinals
Cardinals speak about their songs as if they have a life force. For this band, though it can come off as evasive, creative ambiguity is a kind of protection for artist and listener alike. Vocalist-lyricist Euan Manning explains: "We like the ambiguity. If someone read there was a
Cardinals speak about their songs as if they have a life force. For this band, though it can come off as evasive, creative ambiguity is a kind of protection for artist and listener alike. Vocalist-lyricist Euan Manning explains: "We like the ambiguity. If someone read there was a certain meaning that—" "You have to interpret it this way," his brother and the band’s accordionist Finn Manning interjects. Euan carries on: "Not even that you have to, but someone would think that they would have to, if the artist said that was what the song was about. I think that that harms the song. It harms the listener’s relationship with the song." For the Irish quintet, meaning isn’t something to dissect, it's something to conserve.
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