For Those I Love, the brainchild of Dublin producer, visual artist and songwriter David Balfe, returns today with the new single ‘Of The Sorrows’.

Paired to a self-directed video, Balfe comments on his new material: “When I wrote ‘Of The Sorrows’, it felt like I was bargaining with myself. It was one of the first songs I’d written to myself, for myself, while still trying to embody the feelings and thoughts of my closest peers. At its heart, ‘Of The Sorrows’ is about a city rapidly boxing you out, and the choices you make in order to stay.

"I started to shoot the video for ‘Of The Sorrows’ on Christmas Day," he continues. "I traded a couple hundred hours, a broken hard drive (had to start again), my sense of patience, and a broken leg I got on the last day of filming. But I could make peace with that deal. It felt good to give so much life to a project about a dying city.”

Check out the new track below:

‘Of The Sorrows’ marks For Those I Love’s first material since the 2021 self-titled album, which won a Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year and was nominated for an Ivor Novello.

Following its first release in 2019, the LP was later picked up and given a studio release by September Records in 2021. At the time, Hot Press rated the record an 8/10, and called it a “dark and beautiful release.”

Balfe started teasing his return yesterday on Instagram with a short video, following a series of Instagram stories showing the artist dropping off promotional coasters around various Dublin pubs and record shops.