Writing a simple and reduced acoustic guitar ballad is easy, you say? It’s probably one of the toughest things to do aside of maybe writing a catchy three and a half minute long pop hit. You need to do it with dignity and honesty to transport the emotions and I think we can all agree that Lauren Spear did a great job on the latest single of her alter ego Le Ren. Love Can’t Be The Only Reason To Stay is as pure as it is efficient, channelling an old-fashioned yet timeless approach towards this sort of music, similar to the way that Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan did it. The Canadian artist just signed to Secretly Canadian so I’m pretty sure we’ll be hearing a lot more from the haunting talent of Le Ren in the next couple of months.