Frances Chang, a Brooklyn-based musician, has released a new single titled 'No Avatar', which showcases her magnetic and uncanny songwriting style. The track features conversational vocals over piano, skittering drums, and soft synths, evoking a sense of domesticity and internal logic. Chang's music is difficult to pin down, mirroring the song's theme of avoiding outward definition.
Chang recently signed to RVNG Intl, the label that launched Julia Holter and supported Cate Le Bon. Her earlier work includes the 2022 debut cassette 'Support Your Local Nihilist' and the 2024 album 'Psychedelic Anxiety'. Her new material strips back noise to allow her idiosyncratic lyricism to shine, as heard in the January single 'I Can Feel the Waves'.
This week's other notable tracks include Lambchop's 'Weakened', a simple ballad about life and death; Silvana Estrada and PabloPablo's 'Antes de Ti', which features an orchestral pivot; and Josh da Costa's 'Proving Me Right', a new wave anthem. Martin Brugger's ambient 'Knees, Hands, Shoulders, Teeth' offers mournful clanking, while Bedouine's 'On My Own' combines classic MOR with affecting vocals. Resonant Bodies' 'Failed Hornpipe for Jacken' is a refined 10-minute piece, and Liz Lawrence's 'Exploded Into Flowers' is a powerful tribute to her late sister.
