Indie Music Chatter

It is quite surreal to discover a new band whose music you are so excited about only to hear some tragic news about them. I recently heard Chow Chow’s album Colours and Lines and immediately fell in love with their wonderfully unique sound. I was thinking to myself that this band has a great future and that they will likely create a lot of buzz for their great material. The euphoria I felt for listening to a great band while they are just on the brink of breaking out came to a very abrupt end though when I read that Chow Chow’s vocalist Thomas Ian Smith died almost a month ago. It is hard to reconcile what I am feeling right now. On the one hand I am excited about this band that is brimming with potential, but devastated to know that it is a potential that will never be realized.

To Thomas Ian Smith, rest in peace.

Chow Chow, Thomas Ian Smith, Colours and Lines