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Avg: 3.0 (4 ratings)
- Date Released: November 11, 2003
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: In Music We Trust Records / CD Baby
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Slow, deliberate, and tense, Loch Lomond create a dark yet pretty audio picture on "Stripe," a song with lush instrumentation despite describing murdering someone at work. The duo of Ritchie Young and Rob Oberdorfer sounds a bit like Smashing Pumpkins in their heartfelt moments during the opener, but the song continues for far too long. "The Mountain" resembles a cross between Supertramp and Elliott Smith on the acoustic opening moments. Adding backing harmonies that result in a dreamy '60s feeling, the tune glides along quite nicely with winding violins and other strings. What makes the album improve is a change of genre, moving into more of an electronic, Depeche Mode-circa-Ultra style on "Sir Edmund." The high vocals don't blend as well as they should though at times, particularly reaching on the singer/songwriter, piano-driven "Canadian Shield." Perhaps the highlight of the record is "Whatafall," a spacy walk between acoustic guitar, jazz, and classical piano, ghostly vocals, and ample effects. The pretentious Parisian "Sourire," performed mainly in French, is a novel idea on paper, but definitely not on tape. "Del Fuego" has some similarities to Sir Edmund, but here they slowly build a mounting tension that never comes to blossom. Loch Lomond can certainly churn out lovable acoustic-based pop nuggets such as "Salt the Air," which brings Radiohead and Pilate to mind. Most of this album is not great but quite good.
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| 01. |  |
Stripe |
4:19 |
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| 02. | |
The Mountain |
4:55 |
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| 03. | |
Sir Edmund |
5:33 |
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| 04. | |
Canadian Shield |
3:31 |
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| 05. | |
Whatafall |
3:22 |
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| 06. | |
Sourire |
2:48 |
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| 07. | |
He's Never Seen the Ocean |
5:03 |
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| 08. | |
Del Fuego |
3:38 |
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| 09. | |
Salt the Air |
5:06 |
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| 10. | |
The Year of Our Lord |
6:54 |
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10 Total Tracks, 45:09 Total Length
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Credits
- Jeff Saltzman - Mastering // Kate OBrien - Group Member // Loch Lomond - Main Performer // Rob Oberdorfer - Guitar (Acoustic) // Rob Oberdorfer - Guitar (Electric) // Rob Oberdorfer - Vocals // Rob Oberdorfer - Producer // Rob Oberdorfer - Engineer // Rob Oberdorfer - Group Member // Ryan Cross - Programming // Ryan Cross - Group Member // Jay Clarke - Guitar (Electric) // Jay Clarke - Keyboards // Jay Clarke - Group Member // Brian Gumpert - Vocals // Brian Gumpert - Group Member // Ashley Carson - Vocals // Ashley Carson - Group Member // John Berube - Vocals // John Berube - Group Member // Tim Putnam - Guitar (Electric) // Tim Putnam - Vocals // Tim Putnam - Group Member // Tim Roth - Vocals // Tim Roth - Group Member
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