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Loch Lomond - Little Me Will Start A Storm

Review by Finbarr Bermingham

Like a Michel Gondry movie, you’re drawn in by the gorgeous aesthetics, only to be consumed by the shadowy core. »

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after a string of head-turning, critically acclaimed releases on hush records, portland's loch lomond has brought their unique brand of raw symphonic chamber pop to chemikal underground. the album was mixed by adam selzer (who has recorded all of m ward's records), tucker martine (laura veirs, the decemberists), and kevin robinson (of viva voce). in addition to employing notable visceral and expert melodic acrobatics, the co-ed sextet of loch lomond distinctly incorporates the use of harmonic vocals, mandolin, theremin, bass clarinet, and all manner of exclamatory percussion minutia to foil the even more distinct and arresting voice of lead singer / multi-instrumentalist ritchie young. he's able to switch from high-pitched fragility to alto thunder in the turn of a phrase, yet he knows the power of restraint intuitively, saving vocal tornadoes for emotional apexes buoyed by string swells and moving arrangements.
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