Dublinโs own Gavin Fox is back with a single that insists you to feel. โYou Can Lean On Me,โ off his evolving 2025 album Illuminate, is a deeply moving Americana-folk anthem that quietly crawls under your skin before blowing the emotional doors wide open.
From the very first strum, Fox has soft acoustic chords cradling his warm, breathy voice, delivered lowly like a close friend giving you his sincere shoulder with gentleness and compassion while being cautious.
Once the first verse settles, the song begins to bloom. Drums tap in with a delicate urgency, and the melody lifts like a slow sunrise. Plucked strings and subtle swells bring a rich, cinematic quality, and before you know it, the whole thing is racing toward a climax. Fox lets loose with a raspy, soaring vocal full of anguish and compassion, practically pleading to be someoneโs anchor in their storm. You feel the weight, the weariness, the love.
Itโs very much in the vein of Glen Hansard or early Mumford & Sons, with a touch of Ray LaMontagneโs poetic hush, but Fox brings his own Irish soul to the mix, grounded in raw empathy. And lyrically, it hits hard without getting melodramatic. โYou Can Lean On Meโ isnโt about saving someone with grand gestures, itโs about the quiet, stubborn promise to stay, even when everythingโs falling apart.
So if youโve been carrying a bit too much lately, throw this on. Gavinโs got you.
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Photo credits: Eric Molimard
Review by: Naomi Joan