Loch Lomond is an American

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band based in

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, founded as a solo recording project of Ritchie Young in 2003.

History

Regarding the origins of the band name, Ritchie Young stated "I wanted to call the band The Mountains but there are tons of "mountains" bands. We ordered some reel-to-reel tape on eBay and it had a sticker on the box that said

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. On the tape itself were old French nuns singing. We sampled that in our first record." With help of engineer/producer Rob Oberdorfer, Young crafted the first Loch Lomond album, ''When We Were Mountains'' with Ryan Cross and Kate O'Brien in 2004. Over the next few years, Loch Lomond performed around

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and the greater

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in various incarnations. Live performances would range from Young by himself to a full band. During this time, many different recording sessions took place in various studios and homes. These recordings were compiled on the early 2006 EP ''Lament For Children''. In the later half of 2006, Loch Lomond solidified into a nine-person band. In this format, they produced their 2007 album "Paper the Walls", which was more reminiscent of traditional

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music while featuring many non-traditional instruments. They toured with

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in late 2008. In 2010, Loch Lomond's song, ''Wax and Wire'', was featured in the short film

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's ''Way Back Home'' produced by Red Bull Media House. 2011 saw the release of ''Little Me Will Start A Storm'',

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. 2012

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released the EP ''White Dresses''. ''Pens From Spain'' was released on September 2, 2016, on Hush Records.

Discography

Albums

* ''When We Were Mountains'', 2004 * ''Paper The Walls'',

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, 2007 * ''Little Me Will Start A Storm'',

, 2011 * ''Dresses'',

, 2013 * ''Pens From Spain'',

, 2016 * ''The Young'',

, 2022

EPs

* ''Lament for Children EP'',

, 2006 * ''Trumpets For Paper Children EP'', 2009 (Released as free internet download) * ''Night Bats EP'',

, 2009 * ''White Dresses EP'',

2012

Singles

* "A String", 2015 * "Blue Lead Fences", 2009 * "Wax and Wire", 2011

Soundtrack

* ''

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, 2014

References

External links

Loch Lomond profile
on Myspace {{DEFAULTSORT:Loch Lomond Folktronica musicians Musical groups from Portland, Oregon 2003 establishments in Oregon Musical groups established in 2003 Chemikal Underground artists