Instantly recognisable as a seminal new track, potent Irish wordsmith, producer and visual artist For Those I Love returns with 'Of The Sorrows'. Having stolen our hearts with his unflinching debut album in 2021, David Balfe's sudden return is a welcome and affecting one. Explaining the 4 year absence as a total lack of interest in "populating space for the sake of it", he continues..."one day it all just started to come out." Proof that you can't force inspiration, 'Of The Sorrows' is nothing short of spectacular. More of an emotional scrapbook than a song, the ambitious and genre-defying piece is a sonic rumination of growing up in Ireland, intertwining cutting edge production with traditional Irish music. Explained best in Balfe's own words: "Of The Sorrows is the first piece of new music I am sharing with you all, when I wrote it, it felt like I was bargaining with myself. 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 and loved ones. At its heart Of The Sorrows is about a city rapidly boxing you out, and the choices you make in order to stay." He continues: "The video took a lot from me, but what it took, it gave back more. The first day of filming was on Christmas morning, joined by my other friend Dave, the last day of filming some months later, joined by him still as he drove me to the hospital after I broke my leg (Weber B for the specialists) up near Djouce mountain and tried to walk it off and get the next scene (“Ya didn’t come all the way out here just to go home with a sore leg and not get your shots”). Maybe the video felt a bit haunted. Every night I'd come home from work and hammer away at it. I traded hundreds of hours simulating cloths, lighting, compositing, modelling, editing. I suffered a hard ware error that forced me to start from the beginning all over. By the time it was all done I was walking again (6 weeks before I was back. Fairly sharpish all the same) It was a heavy trade to make, but one I made peace with, it felt OK to give that much life to a project about a dying city." Watch and listen here now. -Holly Mullineaux