Frances Chang - "Eye Land"

Photo by Desmond Picotte

Brooklyn's Frances Chang just released one of the most thrilling singles of 2023. "Eye Land" starts out as this dreamy and twangy song that has just the slightest hints of grunge hidden behind the twang. It then proceeds to morph multiple times through multiple genres, including dream pop, indie pop, power pop, post-grunge, etc. It's the kind of song that you never know what's coming next, and this is all packed into a just over four minute run time. I checked how long I had been listening at one point and it was less than ninety seconds. It felt like so much longer, only because of how much had already happened in the song. Despite the fact that "Eye Land" feels a lot longer than it is, you're going to end up disappointed there isn't more when it ends.

Frances Chang says of her new single:

"This song marked a period of change - a big relationship was ending, I was solo touring with my friend around the Ireland and England freak folk/witch noise scene, I was completely creatively and romantically blocked and two separate strangers told me in two separate countries that my second chakra was blocked (and then offered to energy heal me for free). I wrote this song on my last day in Ireland, but edited it over a period of many years, and finally finished writing it in the studio days before recording. Maybe that’s why it’s so schizophrenic and ever-changing – it tells a long and winding story."

You can watch the video for "Eye Land" below. Psychedelic Anxiety is due out February 16 on Ramp Local. For more on Frances Chang, check out the artist on Instagram and Bandcamp.