David Balfe (For Those I Love) has released the full set of his 2020 Other Voices performance, featuring poignant, powerful and explosive depictions of grief from his self-titled debut album.

Earlier this year, Other Voices' Courage series created some of the standout Irish music moments of 2020 - including Denise Chaila’s star-making performance at the National Gallery, and Fontaines D.C. playing their now Grammy-nominated album, A Hero’s Death, in Kilmainham Gaol.

"I'm very proud to be able to stand on a stage and just shout about how much I love my friends and my family, how thankful I am for the area that raised me and for the empathy that it instilled in me," Balfe told MayKay ahead of his performance, which saw his generation-defining full length project portrayed in all its glory.

Today, I turn 30 years old.

To mark the occasion, my full set from Other Voices has been made available to you all. My endless thanks to @OtherVoicesLive https://t.co/4OTYjjQXXx

— For Those I Love (@forthoseilove) June 16, 2021

His Other Voices show includes a spine-tingling rendition of ‘I Have A Love’ - the breakout track from an album that mourns and celebrates David Balfe’s friend since childhood, Paul Curran, who was struggling with addiction when in 2018 he died by suicide.

Grief-stricken, David holed up in his room and channeled the pain and hurt he was feeling into penning a massive 76 songs. Whittling them down to the nine tracks that were finally selected to appear on For Those I Love was a tough task but Balfe’s self-editing skills turned out to be as finely honed as his songwriting ones. For Those I Love landed a deal with September Recordings, the same management company that looks after Adele - who set their own label up purely for the creative visionary.

Elsewhere in the Other Voices set sees David perform 'You Live / No One Like You' and 'Birthday / The Pain', with a projector at his side and the Coolock Reds' Shelbourne flag at hand - like on Jools Holland.

Read the April 2021 Hot Press interview with David Balfe here.

Watch the full, enthralling set from For Those I Love below: