A project that started out as an ode to friendship was remodeled under a tragic cloud. Balfe conceived of For Those I Love as a solo project when he was still a member of punk band Burnt Out. Its purpose was to capture the tight-knit friendships – that is, the beauty of the relationships that exist between groups of young men that often go unspoken. Particularly, he wanted to depict his connection with best friend and Burnt Out bandmate, the poet Paul Curran. Tragically, Curran died in early 2018. In his grief, Balfe has created an album infused with the love and bond that existed between the pair.
TRACK LISTING
Side A
I Have A Love
You Stayed / To Live
To Have You
Top Scheme
The Myth / I Don't
Side B
The Shape Of You
Birthday / The Pain
You Live / No One Like You
Leave Me Not Love