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Cardinals<\/a> have shared a new single called \u2018I Like You\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n The song is the latest preview of the Irish indie band and NME<\/em> Cover<\/em> stars<\/a>\u2018 debut album, \u2018Masquerade\u2019<\/a>, which is released on February 13 via So Young (pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Arriving today (Monday January 19), \u2018I Like You\u2019 is a romantic, accordion-led track that has already become a fan favourite at Cardinals\u2019 recent live shows.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first song we wrote with the album in mind,\u201d explained frontman Euan Manning. \u201cAfter a very long period of not working on anything, we started and finished this some bright morning last February in our practice studio.\u201d<\/p>\n He went on to say that \u2018I Like You\u2019 \u201cfelt cathartic, a completely grounding moment after feeling slightly lost for months\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first lyric [\u2018Don\u2019t change your hair for me, if you still care for me<\/em>\u2018] is stripped\/paraphrased from the tune \u2018My Funny Valentine\u2019,\u201d Manning continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think it was written by Chet Baker<\/a>, but that\u2019s the version we know.\u201d<\/p>\n He was referring to Baker\u2019s version of the classic\u00a0jazz standard, which has also been covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra<\/a>, Kenny Rogers<\/a>,\u00a0Elvis Costello<\/a> and Miles Davis<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check out the video for Cardinals\u2019 \u2018I Like You\u2019 here:<\/p>\n