Released 26th March.

The severity of grief often comes across most clearly in art. What is the purpose of art but todepict human emotions for others to understand and empathise with? On his gripping newalbum For Those I Love, David Balfe offers a highly personalised portrait of love, loss,confusion, nostalgia and pain that is to say, the Dublin songwriter/producer walks youthrough the early stages of mourning. Each savage emotion comes across as tangible andreal. Balfe makes spoken word music over urbane electronica that takes its cues fromalternative hip-hop and various forms of club music. His heavily accented delivery andpenchant for familiar Dublin cadences means writing can only be set in one place, elevatingthe album among the great modernworks set in the city.

A project that started out as an ode to friendship was remodeled undera tragic cloud. Balfe conceived of For Those I Love as a solo project when he was still amember of punk