Winnipeg by way of Orlando indie-folk artist Rae Chen releases the debut tofusmell full-length ‘All My Time’ on CD and digital April 24 via Hardly Art. The album expands Chen’s vulnerable, clear-eyed songwriting into a broader, lusher sonic landscape. It moves with patience and depth, balancing restraint with surging emotion.
“You cannot plan anything. You can’t expect anything good or bad. Everything is just going to continue to be however it will be,” Chen says of the record’s guiding philosophy. Across these songs, impermanence becomes grounding rather than destabilizing. The writing is precise and intimate, circling uncertainty with steady focus and quiet resolve.
After touring with Leith Ross and relocating from Florida to Winnipeg, Chen completed the album with new collaborators. Six tracks were co-produced with Keiran Placatka, shaped as much by emotional atmosphere as arrangement. Four others were crafted with Paul Larson in Los Angeles, leaning into a dynamic live-band energy rooted in early-aughts folk-rock.
Out now, “Dreams I’ve Had” arrives with a lyric video directed by Chen. “This song is about some dreams that I’ve had,” he shares, reflecting on fragmented images of lateness, loss, and death. Despite the varied production hands, ‘All My Time’ remains cohesive and assured, held together by Chen’s enveloping storytelling and steady artistic voice.