At its core, the forthcoming album pays tribute to Dave’s best friend and former bandmate, Paul Curran, who passed away in 2018. Following Paul’s tragic death, Dave locked himself away in his home studio for months, ultimately recording over 76 songs that would eventually be condensed down to form the basis of his debut album. The result is an incredibly beautiful, raw and uncompromising 9-track project addressing grief and catharsis, an important record that could only emerge from an entirely honest place.
New Music From Ireland
Those I Love by Faolán Carey
FOR THOSE I LOVE SHARES NEW SONG AND VIDEO “For Those I Love fights for the underdog… raw and uncompromising electronic music that taps into both deeply personal trauma and wider societal ills for influence” - The FADER “Reminiscent of The Streets’ night bus poetry” - The Guardian Irish singer-songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist For Those I Love, born David Balfe, shares a new song and video. Self-directed by Balfe, “Top Scheme” is a powerful and poignant visual essay that uninhibitedly tackles various social issues in Ireland, such as sexism, classism, and the prison industrial complex. The song follows For Those I Love’s debut single “I Have A Love,” which also arrived alongside a moving, self-directed video.
spit in the face of the state, the banks, and those that continue to socially cripple the less fortunate without ever looking at the world we have been forced to live and grow within. It sits within a wider group of songs that look at the social alienation of the working class and how that continues to haunt us as we grow older.” Dave first began work on the project as a chance to write frankly about the struggles he and his friends faced while growing up in north Dublin. Anecdotally and otherwise, For Those I Love documents the harsh realities of a daily life up against it, and holds a mirror up to the clear disparity between a working class upbringing and the lack of opportunity that remains to this day.
Of the song, For Those I Love says: “I wrote ‘Top Scheme’ to directly 48 Rock and Blues International • November 2020
The first single from that album, “I Have A Love,” followed closely after the release of mix, Into A World That Doesn’t Understand It, Unless You’re From It, which showcased unreleased tracks, For ideas and demos that didn’t fit onto the album and sold out of its limited tape run in only hours.
The self-titled debut album from For Those I Love will arrive early next year on September Recordings. Listen to and watch “Top Scheme” above and stay tuned for more from For Those I Love coming soon.
