To let Odeal tell it, the process of making July 2025’s The Summer That Saved Me rejuvenated the singer after a long spell of feeling unsettled, but on this album, which arrived a few months later, something still feels amiss. Across the nine songs of The Fall That Saved Us, Odeal rekindles an old flame, confessing his feelings and making grand promises that he promises to uphold deftly. But as most spins around the block prove, persistence is rarely the answer to incompatibility. The Fall That Saved Us is guided by beguiling neo-R&B-soul fusions that are both expansive and moving. Odeal sings the praises of his lover on “Reason,” humanizing her sweetly on the glowing “Children of Yeshua.” The album’s production grounds the star’s declarations of desire and admiration in his knack for storytelling, making room for subtle additions like the smoky drums of “Addicted” and a bebop bounce on “Blur.” For all of the besotted highs he reaches at different points on the album, Odeal is keenly aware of the toxicity that comes with this particular coupling. “Girl, you’re deprived/So tired/But you couldn’t trade it for the world if you tried,” he grimly sings on “Cold World.” As the project nears its end, Odeal oscillates between acceptance and grief for a love that never quite seems to work. “Act like you want me/Prove it and show me,” he pleads on “Pretty Girls,” before squarely laying the blame for the relationship’s collapse at her feet on “Wicked.” It’s an instructive look into the dynamics of a relationship that promises so much but still implodes in a uniquely devastating way.