{"id":684120,"date":"2025-08-09T05:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/for-those-i-love-on-tech-gentrification-carving-the-stone-and-finding-a-reason-to-write\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:50:17","slug":"for-those-i-love-on-tech-gentrification-carving-the-stone-and-finding-a-reason-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/for-those-i-love-on-tech-gentrification-carving-the-stone-and-finding-a-reason-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"For Those I Love on tech gentrification, Carving The Stone, and finding a reason to write"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a387368251be\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span 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enough optimism to keep moving forwards.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273045\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039616_copy_axotfy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"For Those I Love on tech gentrification, &lt;I&gt;Carving The Stone&lt;\/i&gt;, and finding a reason to write\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Hugh Quberzky<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273047\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            After listening to For Those I Love\u2019s new album, <i>Carving The Stone<\/i>, I had worried that David Balfe might not be much of a talker during our interview. His spoken-word lyrics are rich vignettes of modern living and the feelings buried deep inside set to pulsating electronic beats; they\u2019re so detailed that it has crossed my mind that he might feel they speak for themselves. Soon after our first Zoom conversation begins, however, my fears ebb away. A simple question like  \u201cDid you have a good time at Glastonbury?\u201d yields generous, thoughtful answers from the Dublin musician.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            It was at the festival this year where Balfe performed the first For Those I Love set in two years, as well as joining Overmono to recreate their remix of his song \u201cI Have A Love.\u201d The long tail of the 2020 track is in part what inspired Balfe to keep For Those I Love an active project. His 2021 debut was a project defined by the loss of Balfe\u2019s close friend to suicide three years prior, and the ensuing grief that devastated his community became the inspiration for many of the songs. It wasn\u2019t clear, to fans and Balfe himself, if there was anything more to come after the catharsis earned by putting that album out.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273052\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039746_copy_1_u6snzy\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"For Those I Love on tech gentrification, &lt;I&gt;Carving The Stone&lt;\/i&gt;, and finding a reason to write\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Hugh Quberzky<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273051\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cThe second album draws heavily from conversations I\u2019ve had over the past four or five years, about where we fit in the world, how quickly things are changing, and the growing sense of instability,\u201d Balfe explains. \u201cWe talked constantly about the uncertainty of the future, trying to make sense of it all. I wanted to take those ideas and translate them into something concrete.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            On the new project, Balfe opts for a more widescreen examination of the pressures exerted on his fellow Dubliners as they fight to survive in what the tech industry has helped become one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2025\/01\/06\/dublin-is-9th-most-expensive-city-in-europe-to-live-and-4th-for-rental-costs\/\">Europe\u2019s most expensive cities<\/a> to live in.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            This pressure is felt most keenly on \u201cOf The Sorrow,\u201d in which Balfe talks about how \u201ceyes are bloodshot red when you&#8217;re looking at the rents\u201d and the need to \u201cbankrupt yourself just to stay where you belong.\u201d In addition to the societal violence that runs through the album, there is also a visceral trail of blood smeared across songs like \u201cMirror\u201d in which Balfe recalls a \u201cballyed up man with life and death in his veins\u201d pointing a double barreled shotgun in his direction. It\u2019s in these moments that <i>Carving The Stone<\/i> transcends the antri-gentrifcation method and pivots into something closer to a neo-noir for people who use the term \u201ctechnofeudalism.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI do think a lot of the album is about resistance,\u201d Balfe says, keen to establish that his new project is more optimistic in its outlook than his tormented debut. \u201cI see hope as a form of resistance. He points to the \u201cOf The Sorrows\u201d lyric \u201cI have to leave \/ I\u2019ll never leave\u201d as a commitment to his home town as well as the way in which the album ends. \u201cI\u2019ll carve this stone until darkness comes,\u201d goes \u201cI Came Back To See The Stone Had Moved.&#8221; \u201cBecause I am choosing to live.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Read on for Balfe\u2019s thoughts on the continued existence of For Those I Love, the cost of living crisis, Irish cultural dominance, and his love for both The Hold Steady and billy woods.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0hMz1kjXoYlIfoPAuf4XRF?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/carving-the-stone\/1813201125\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273048\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The FADER: Do you remember when you first started to feel conflicted about life in Dublin? <\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>For Those I Love:<\/b> I think back to being 17 during what was a tough economic time in Dublin, just after the financial crash. Older people would tell us to hang tight, work through it, and hope for better times. That uncertainty maybe gave some of us more freedom to explore creative paths, because nothing felt guaranteed.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            But then, over the years going through college, doing odd jobs, freelance work, eventually trying to find more stable employment, the stress of city life grew steadily. It became a more prominent part of my conversations, my writing, and my perspective.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Ironically, it\u2019s often only when real tragedy hits, like the loss of a friend or family member, that all that daily stress gets put back into perspective. You\u2019re reminded that what really matters is the people you love and the stability they bring. That\u2019s a big emotional current running through my work over the years.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>\u201cNo Scheme\u201d is one of the most distinctive moments on the album. Could you talk about how it relates to \u201cTop Scheme\u201d from your debut album?  <\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The anger and frustration that drove \u201cTop Scheme\u201d re<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared when writing \u201cNo Scheme,\u201d but it had evolved. The older song was more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te, more frantic, written from a raw, desperate place. \u201cNo Scheme\u201d comes from a more reflective mindset. The anger is still there, but it\u2019s more nuanced, more self-aware. Where \u201cTop Scheme\u201d looked outward\u2014at the conditions around me. \u201cNo Scheme\u201d turns inward, exploring my own complicity and complacency within those same societal issues.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Both songs are direct critiques of class, economic pressure, and societal structures. &#8220;Top Scheme&#8221; wrestled with the trade-off of labor for care\u2014how much work I had to do just to afford therapy and survive. \u201cNo Scheme\u201d builds on that idea but shifts the focus. It\u2019s not just about accessing care anymore, it\u2019s about seeking long-term stability, questioning the larger system that demands so much labor in exchange for basic well-being.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            So while the songs come from the same emotional place, anger, frustration, class tension, they reflect different stages of my life. I wanted to explore those same emotions but in a more layered, thoughtful way. That\u2019s what I\u2019m most interested in, both in life and in my writing: the nuance.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273049\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B0039643_copy_1_rhl88b\/for-those-i-love-carving-the-stone-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"For Those I Love on tech gentrification, &lt;I&gt;Carving The Stone&lt;\/i&gt;, and finding a reason to write\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Hugh Quberzky<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273050\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Violence is a motif that runs through your lyrics. Are there other writers that you feel are good at capturing those feelings? <\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I\u2019ve been influenced by records like <i>The Infamous<\/i> by Mobb Deep or <i>Illmatic<\/i> by Nas. These were made by incredibly young artists, yet the violence they describe feels emotionally grounded. It serves a purpose beyond shock. In my own work, [violence] is rarely there just to recount the event\u2014it\u2019s a way to open up broader themes.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The goal is never to sensationalize, it\u2019s to contextualize. Often, the characters\u2019 relationship to violence helps express something deeper: trauma, social conditions, inequality. These stories are grounded in the world I\u2019ve lived in. Craig Finn from The Hold Steady has had a huge impact on me in that sense. He rarely writes directly about violence, but his use of storytelling as a vehicle to talk about class, emotion, and identity is something I\u2019ve always admired. It\u2019s what good writing should do\u2014transcend the literal and carry more meaning than the words on the page.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The artist I listen to most, though, is billy woods. He\u2019s consistently been at the top of my listening stats for years. I don\u2019t know that I see direct similarities between us, but I\u2019m deeply inspired by his work.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b><i>Carving The Stone<\/i> is a heavy album but it\u2019s not devoid of hope. Where do you locate the optimism in the album? <\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            I was very deliberate about how I bookended the album. It begins in a fairly grim place, not reflective of where I am now but a place I\u2019ve certainly visited emotionally over the past few years. Hope comes in waves, like stability or joy. I\u2019ve felt those waves more and more, and tried to reflect that in the closing section of the album, not just lyrically, but sonically too.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the final monologue, I wanted to pull together many of the album\u2019s core themes: labor, education, love (both given and received), friendship, family, and faith &#8211; not necessarily religious or spiritual, but a belief in the possibility of better days. I wanted to close the record with a stark dedication to life itself\u2014to the choice to be here. That feels truest to where I am now.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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