For Those I Love – “Of The Sorrows”

David Balfe, the Dublin multi-hyphenate who makes music under the name For Those I Love, has a new single out today. “Of The Sorrows” is the first For Those I Love track since the project’s 2021 self-titled debut, which won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize as the best Irish album of the year. Over top of an electronic slow-build that sounds like a city after dark, Balfe delivers spoken-word lyrics centered on the refrain, “Stay here in Ireland.” It sounds a little like the Streets and a little like Real Lies.