Lotus Child

For a band with a laid-back name like Lotus Child, these guys have been phenomenally busy this year. Over the winter of 05/06 they’ve balanced sold out shows at Vancouver’s premier indie venues and recorded their first full-length album at Warehouse Studio with producer Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, New Pornographers, 54-40). The album, titled Gossip Diet, is scheduled for release in spring 2006 and will take the boys on two Canadian tours this year. Lotus Child was born when Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski met in a touring choir as teenagers, becoming friends while killing time in the green room before concerts on a tour of Europe. Back home in Vancouver, they began writing their own guitar and piano music, making tapes on Zach's dad’s 4-track. As years went by they started drawing more and more from bands like Muse, Spoon, and Arcade Fire; and so began the search for other members. After hitting it off with experienced touring musicians Peter Carruthers on bass and Miles Bruce on drums, suddenly they had a band on their hands, and after a giant fight that culminated with Tom and Zach dumping cans of Wildcat on each others heads, they agreed to call themselves ... more...