The Check-In with tofusmell

From Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer by Ruinous Media

April 3, 2026 · 23 min · Season 8 · Episode 315

About this episode

Rae Chen, known as tofusmell, discusses his music journey and upcoming album with Joe Plummer.

Rae Chen is a singer, songwriter and guitarist operating under the moniker tofusmell. His debut full length album All My Time is due out April 24th via Hardly Art. Rae tells us how he grew up in Florida on the edges of both a pop punk and worship scene, and why he picked up the guitar and eventually found himself in Winnipeg. We hear how his approach to writing gives a feeling of sonic closeness, how he responded to more production on All My Time and the role ambiance plays on the new record. Joe and Rae discuss how collaboration is important to the visual side of tofusmell, why he looks forward to the “band” version of live performance and we hear the new single (me tomorrow). tofusmell Hardly Art Our newest sponsor Kingston Union is YOUR store for the legendary Winos. This episode supported by our friends at Izotope . This episode is produced with Ozone 12, the newest from Izotope. Head over to izotope.com now for savings on all their production software. Go check out Ozone 12 and RX 11 and master with the best and solve the unsolvable. Use code FRET10 at checkout. Ep supported by Distrokid . Distrokid now offers Bandzoogle where you can build your bands website and store in…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Plummer

Guest: Rae Chen

Topics covered

music
songwriting
collaboration
live performance
production

Keywords

tofusmell
Rae Chen
All My Time
music production
pop punk
live performance
collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hardly Art, Bandzoogle

Products: Ozone 12, RX 11