Artist:Loch Lomond
Song:Wax & Wire
Album:Night Bats/White Dresses
With a name like Loch Lomond, you might think this band is from Scotland. But it's not even a band. It's another case of a solo artist using a band name to retain his anonymity. I see this a lot with indie bands. Ritchie Young is from Portland, OR. He was in some other bands, most notably The Standard. In 2003, he decided to start his own band. He was going to call the band The Mountains. But he decided that name was too common. He had ordered some reel to reel tapes from eBay. The box had a sticker on it that said Loch Lomond. So he decided to go with that. With the help of recording engineer Rob Oberdorfer, Young recorded the 2004 Loch Lomond album When We Were Mountains with Ryan Cross and Kate O'Brien. When Young performed in the area, sometimes it was with a band and sometimes he would perform solo. So there is no band. Young is a solo artist who sometimes performs with a band. Wax & Wire is from the 2009 EP Night Bats. It's on the Portland based indie label Hush Records. In 2018, Young released Night Bats and the 2012 EP White Dresses on one album. It's available as a digital download. Loch Lomond released their latest album The Young in 2022. They don't have a website but you can see where they are playing on Facebook. They were in Europe earlier this year. Here's Loch Lomond performing Wax & Wire in somebody's living room.
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