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Frances Chang is a boundary-pushing, Brooklyn-based musician and multi-media artist who disrupts accepted reality with enchanting, inimitable compositions.
Her work represents an exercise in communication, probing the tension between idiosyncratic personal experience, and the drive to understanding through a collective language.
Today, we welcome Chang into the RVNG family with her new single “I can feel the waves”, a bold demonstration of Chang’s unconventional, contagious songwriting.
A piano-centric piece ornamented with primitive electronics and poetic vocals, “I can feel the waves” epitomizes what Chang calls “slacker prog”: roomy and playful, offbeat and occasionally jarring, brimming with spiritual and emotional resonance.
“I can feel the waves” is accompanied by a video directed by Chang and filmmaker April Wen. The single arrives ahead of a two week tour across North America in support of Cate Le Bon.
“I can feel the waves” is available now on all digital platforms, and for pre-order as a limited edition 7”, featuring b-side “Marry,” from the RVNG website and Bandcamp.
“’Offering’ is an extension of my never-ending quest to move through harmony like water using an instrument that is very much like stone.”
Flickering with abstract power, the latest chapter from David Moore’s forthcoming album Graze the Bell arrives today in the form of “Offering,” a conduit into the trance-like state that guides Moore’s creative process.
With the piano keys trembling in free time, Moore accesses subtler regions of the soul on “Offering,” flowing melodies slowly fuse into relief. Having compositionally honed-in on certain melodic phrases, Moore’s prayerful repetition offers a gift of welcome catharsis.
The single arrives today alongside a mesmerizing video by director Nick Vranizan, playfully expanding on Graze the Bell’s cross-stitched cover art.
Five years ago yesterday, Pauline Anna Strom left for her eternal home in the cosmos; her place / space of origin.
With now more distance since Paula’s passing, those moments when, and where, she appears for me are all the more potent, if not as frequent. If not in a dream, she appears as a flutter of sound in the air, or a shimmer of light in the corner (and sometimes a shadow).
Ultimately, Paula is always here, awaiting my return to the moment, our presence together in the stillness unimpeded by trivial or significant distractions. In fact, it’s during those distractions where, by will or submission, space opens for Paula to center the spiral.
It’s a phenomena, of sorts, as while Paula was here, she was hyper-present, in a constant flow of communication with those in her small but trusted circle. It was only when that flow dramatically stopped that we realized how deeply she had embedded in our lives.
While that circle was tightly wound, oscillating over the years as friends came and went, so many more found their way into the concentric spheres created with Paula’s music. Most know Paula this way, and I think for her, this music is how she would most like to be remembered. She went great distances to preserve mystery around her personal life, but always wanted to her music to vibrate on universal frequency.
Whether your know Paula’s music or this is your introduction, find some time to tune into that frequency today. You may find a companion for this life, and whatever exists beyond. It was my medium to Paula, and it changed my life. I miss you dearly, Paula.
It’s an understatement to say the response to Freedom To Spend’s reissue of Sister Irene O’Connor’s Fire of God’s Love has been overwhelming. Who knew that an album made five decades ago in Australia by two nuns inadvertently pushing the boundaries of pop music and studio production to a new psychedelic stratosphere would resonate in such a joyful, meaningful way? Perhaps a higher power had that foresight, but we certainly didn’t – we blasted through our first pressing like a bat out of hell!
By demand, and divine miracle, we have a repress of Fire of God’s Love landing at our Brooklyn offices soon. Not soon enough to arrive at your stoop for the holidays, but we are offering you the opportunity to pre-order the album and have a digital download card printed on card stock and housed in a hand stamped envelope sent from RVNG / Freedom to Spend HQ ahead of the vinyl. Use your address, or your giftee’s address, and domestic orders placed by Monday, 12/15 will receive the envelope with download card just as fast as the USPS can travel. We’ll begin shipping LPs later this month, or as soon as they touch down.
12/09/2025
Death, Danger, Dates with Dalt
Lucrecia Dalt brings A Danger to Ourselves out West in March, and Europe following in May and June, lighting up stages with a series of enthralling, entrancing performances.
Performed as a trio with Cyrus Campbell on bass and contrabass, and Jonah Minkus on drums and percussion, Lucrecia’s show is an electrifying experience. Featuring support from some extra special guests, you best not miss. Complete info below.
(Photo Credit: Sammy Oortman Gerlings)
US
3/13/26 – Albuquerque, NM @ Outpost
3/14/26 – Cottonwood, AZ @ Queen B Vinyl Cafe
3/20/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives
3/21/26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Lab
3/27/26 – Knoxville, TN @ Big Ears Festival
UK / EU
5/2/26 – London, UK @ TBA
5/4/26 – Bristol, UK @ Lantern Hall
5/6/26 – Salford, UK @ White Hotel
5/7/26 – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
5/10/26 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
5/11/26 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
5/12/26 – Gent, BE @ Wintercircus
5/13/26 – Cologne, DE @ Stadtgarten
5/14/26 – Bruxelles, BE @ BOZAR
5/15/26 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bimhuis
5/17/26 – Copenhagen, DK @ ALICE
5/19/26 – Berlin, DE @ Slient Green
5/20/26 – Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
5/21/26 – Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
5/23/26 – Bern, CH @ Dampfzentrale
6/4/26 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
6/6/26 – Madrid, ES @ TBA
6/8/26 – Lisboa, PT @ B. Leza
6/9/26 – Braga, PT @ TBA