LOS ANGELES, CA- There’s something quietly arresting about Love Spells’s “Crutch.” It doesn’t demand your attention in the traditional sense. It pulls you in slowly, almost subconsciously, until you realize you’ve been sitting with it longer than you expected.
On first listen, it’s the voice that does the heavy lifting. There’s a delicacy to it that feels almost weightless. Soft, lilting, and hypnotic, it glides over the instrumentation with an ease that doesn’t feel forced or overly stylized. It just exists that way. And that’s what makes it so compelling. The tone sits in a space that feels fluid, blurring the lines between head voice and falsetto in a way that feels completely natural rather than performative.
That vocal quality ends up defining the entire emotional landscape of the track. Because once the lyrics come into focus, everything clicks into place.
“I should’ve known / Your heart I couldn’t own…”
From there, “Crutch” unfolds as a quiet admission of mutual dependency. Not just being hurt by someone, but recognizing the role you played in staying attached to something that wasn’t built to last. The song doesn’t position one person as the villain. It leans into that uncomfortable middle ground where both sides are using each other to fill a gap.
“Maybe I used you as a crutch…”
That line is the anchor. It reframes the entire narrative. What initially feels like heartbreak starts to reveal itself as something more cyclical. A push and pull where neither person is fully honest, but both are fully involved. Love isn’t absent, but it’s also not enough. And that realization lands heavier because of how gently it’s delivered.
Sonically, the track leans into an acoustic dream pop palette that feels warm and hazy without losing clarity. There’s a softness to the arrangement that mirrors the emotional tone, never overpowering the vocal but always supporting it. It feels intimate, almost like it’s unfolding in real time rather than being performed.
What stands out beyond this track is the potential in how that voice can move. Digging into more of Love Spells’ catalog, there are moments where a deeper register comes into play, hinting at range that hasn’t been fully explored yet. But “Crutch” makes a strong case for leaning into this softer, more fluid space. There’s a lane here that feels wide open. Something adjacent to sophisti-pop, maybe even drifting into quiet storm territory, where tone and atmosphere matter just as much as structure.
That’s where Love Spells feels the most distinct. Not just in the songwriting, but in how the voice itself becomes an instrument that can shape genre rather than sit inside it.
And that’s what makes “Crutch” stick.
It’s not trying to overwhelm you with big moments or dramatic swings. It stays restrained, almost fragile, but never loses its footing. The emotion is there. The clarity is there. And most importantly, the identity is starting to come into focus.
For an artist still early in his trajectory, that’s the kind of foundation you can build something lasting on.
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