Toronto-based musician and vocalist Victoria Cheong, known by her moniker New Chance, has released her album A Rock Unsteady via We Are Time.
A moody dreamy experimental electro-pop alternative album.
Where is begins with a 10 minute atmospheric and hard electro-dance pop track Doer and Deed.
To more dreamy atmospheric Kate Bush tracks in Multiple Storms Seek Attention, Twice Bitten and Something Human.
A very unique and cool album to listen to in 2025.
About the album by New Chance:
During the creative process, Cheong undertook an intensive study of metakosmios, a concept dating back to Ancient Greece, meaning ‘worlds between worlds’–the states between light and dark, spirit and matter, knowing and unknowing, the dreamscape. A Rock Unsteady is the product of that research, an album made for this very stark moment of collective uncertainty, balancing equal parts precarity and potential. On the record, Cheong brings a wide array of influences that combine spiritual strains of downtempo, dub, house and electronic pop.“There’s complexity in the composition and the ideas. But I also want it to be pleasurable; for it to be delicious and consumable,” Cheong reflects. “Music can be so simple and deep at the same time. This whole record is an exploration of endless depths.”
These depths are further elucidated by a shining cast of players from Cheong’s musical community. The vocal chorus featuring Isla Craig, Robin Dann (Bernice) and Felicity Williams (Bahamas) is a crucial force that appears throughout the album. They are joined by Johnny Spence (The Weather Station, Jeremy Dutcher) who contributes keys, drummer Evan Cartwright (Cola, U.S. Girls) lends his rhythms, Brodie West (Eucalyptus) sits in on saxophone and Jennifer Castle guests with some unusually abstract twang. This marks the first time that Cheong has pulled collaborators so deeply into the New Chance orbit. As her ambitions expand and the project evolves, New Chance becomes more crystalline. A Rock Unsteady is a gem of club-adjacent poetry that refracts the many-layered nature of our living.
A Rock Unsteady gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
New Chance – A Rock Unsteady [Streaming]
