For Those I Love

Add Date: March 30

Artist: For Those I Love

Album: For Those I Love

Label: September Recordings Limited

Genre: Electronic, spoken-word, punk

Comments: Sweeping the Irish music charts, David Balfe's debut in For Those I Love's eponymous album hits all the right nerves as he reckons with the recent death of his friend, fellow Dublin musician and poet Paul Curran. With lyrics like "A year or so ago, I played this song for you on the car stereo in the night’s breeze / This bit kicked in with its synths and its keys / And you smiled as you sat next to me," Balfe's 9-song long eulogy tackles death, confusion, anger, and all things grief-related with the signature grit and spoken-word delivery of the Dublin-punk scene.  

RIYL: Arab Strap, The Streets, Murder Capital, Fontaines DC

Recommended Tracks: 1, 2, 7, 9

DNP: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9