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Vince Chinaski – Opportunities (2022)

Through his single ‘Never Painted Black’, Vince Chinaski crooned a lullaby packed with childlike innocence that helped us shed the hard darkness of modern life. With his latest track ‘Opportunities’, Chinaski is hitting the pop-rock waves. Infused with some orchestral arrangements, the single offers a journey of wishful hope, despair, expectations and tragedy.

A further showcasing of his multi-instrumental musical abilities, the song taps into one of the key challenges of our time. Touching on migration and climate change, Chinaski considers how our response to these challenges will shape the future of the world. Drawing on his own thoughts and feelings related to these topics, the single flows with a heart-wrenching beauty, highlighted by the tender touch of the music.



‘Opportunities’ brings the reach of cosmic tones that glitter like stars to the steady thrum of an acoustic guitar. This is a wonderful combination of earthy authenticity and the feeling of something greater in the world. The higher levels of the music sweep through the soundscape like a wind rushing past you while the stars serenely twinkle above you. There are a lot of melodic layers to the single with each instrument adding its own feeling to the flow. The arrangement of the music has a foundation in pop-rock, but there are orchestral touches that bring a delicate beauty. Through the music, you can feel that there is something much bigger to the song than you first imagine. Halfway through, the almost floating sense of the track takes a turn as the warble of the rock guitar hits. This is propelled by the deep drums that push at your back and lead you into a new chapter of the single’s journey.

While the melody is stunning and easily captivates you on its own, Chinaski’s vocals bring a personal tug to the heart of the track. His voice settles around you, forming a capsule that you sit in as the cosmic flows and twinkling lights of the melody swirl. His performance has a really emotive tug to them that reaches into your chest and squeezes. The lyrics tap into the tragedy of life and migration while tapping into the response we have to tragic situations. There is a sad beauty to his performance that is so touching it is impossible to listen to this track and not be affected. A delicate brush of imagery in the lyrics adds to the powerful movement of his performance.

Through his single ‘Opportunities’, Vince Chinaski brings a tragic beauty to our ears as he touches on serious real-world topics and tugs at your emotions. The melody is stunningly layered with orchestral touches riding the foundation of pop-rock sensibilities. Through all of this, his vocals reach out to your soul while turning your attention to the tragedies of life.

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