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Loch Lomond 2027 Bio

On the cusp of embarking on their 13th European tour in 2027, the ever-evolving band Loch Lomond returns — led by founder Ritchie Young alongside bandmates Rebecca Sanborn and his brother, Dustin Young.

Loch Lomond’s lineup shifts fluidly from a solo act to a full seven-piece ensemble. This tour promises a rich, intimate sound featuring keyboards, bell sets, acoustic guitars, ukulele, musical saw, samples, and three-part harmonies.

The band has enjoyed prominent placements over the years, including “Wax & Wire” in a Red Bull BMX video featuring Danny MacAskill — a viral hit with 43 million streams that garnered Loch Lomond worldwide attention. Notable tours include dates with The Vaselines, The Decemberists, Peter Broderick, and the supergroup case/lang/veirs.

 

Rebecca Sanborn 2027 Bio

Rebecca Sanborn studied at the Contemporary Music Program in New Mexico. Upon returning home to Oregon, Rebecca met her husband, drummer Ji Tanzer. They are members of the jazz group, Blue Cranes, and the art pop trio, Swansea. Rebecca plays in Portland’s veteran indie group Loch Lomond, and the all-female synth trio, Echo Echo Echo with Kyleen King (Brandi Carlile) and Jenny Conlee-Drizos (The Decemberists). 

In 2026, Rebecca will release the album Shadow Work with the Portland Jazz Composers’ Ensemble. For this ambitious project she received three grants. She is currently recording a solo record of songs for guitar.

The Young Bio

Loch Lomond bandleader Ritchie Young was admitted to the hospital to treat mysterious symptoms in 2020. A doctor told him he was the sickest person not to die in the hospital, and the brush with near-death made Ritchie want to explore writing music in a new way. Ultimately diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Young was inspired to explore a less polished, more raw and experimental sound.

The band gathered on the Oregon coast and spent days writing and recording songs in the quirky family house of a friend, one chock-full of decades of history, including strict instructions to appease the resident ghosts with a nightly offering of whiskey. The songs came together quickly—lyrics arriving fully formed during a walk on the beach or entrancing chimes created by the band filling every mismatched glass in the cupboard and striking them with ballpoint pens. The raw recordings from the weekend were then shipped off to producer and musical-mad-scientist Dustin Hamman (Run On Sentence), who shepherded the record to its final form in his off-the-grid house in New Mexico. Hamman added layers of found sound, vocal arrangements, and reverb derived from playback in caves and tunnels in New Mexico.

Each iteration of Loch Lomond has taken the band in different directions, and this record is no exception. Whether gathered around a microphone singing as a group, figuring out how to play a harp moments before recording, or incorporating haunted looped tape of voices from decades past, The Young is an exercise in unfettered creativity and capturing a moment in time. In addition to Ritchie, the project features producer and guitarist Jesse Donaldson, keyboardists and vocalists Brooke Parrott and Julie Bosack, drummers Paul Seeley and Dillon Young, bassist Pete Bosack, and trumpeter John Whaley.

Loch Lomond is well established in the Portland music scene, but has never stopped evolving. After a decade of touring in the US and Europe and eight albums under their belt, the band’s latest adventure, an EP titled The Young, will be out on April 15th 2022.

The last few years has seen Loch Lomond’s introduction to new fans through prominent placements like “Wax & Wire” in a Red Bull BMX video featuring Danny MacAskill, which went viral with 43 million streams, and garnered the band attention from across the world. More recently the band was tapped to contribute four songs to the Academy Award-nominated soundtrack for stop motion masterpiece Boxtrolls from Laika Studios.

 

The Young Credits

Cycling in the Sun:

Lead vocals: Ritchie Young

Ukulele: Ritchie Young

Bass: Pete Bosack

Backing vocals: Dillon Young

Drums: Dillon Young, Ritchie Young

Glockenspiel, hand bells, Q-Chord, bowed guitar, lead guitar, glass sampler, rotary organ, programmed beats: Dustin Hamman

Ambient recordings: Foley Bike 2 by jamesrodavidson https://freesound.org/people/jamesrodavidson/sounds/181137/ 

This recording was chopped, looped and effected for use in this song.

White Noise Playground (CC0): http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/

Boat:

Spoken word: Julie Bosack, Malachi Graham, Meara McLaughlin, found sounds from unknown source

Backing vocals: Julie Bosack, Brooke Parrott

Harp: Brooke Parrott

Trumpet, flugelhorn: John Whaley

Keys: Pete Bosack

Bass: Pete Boscak

Drums: Dan Galucki, Ritchie Young

The Young:

Lead vocals: Ritchie Young

Acoustic guitar: Jesse Donaldson 

Featured/backing vocals: May Arden 

Violin: Thomas Wentz 

Drums: Dan Galucki

Programmed percussion: Jesse Donaldson

Piano, vocal percussion, Elektron drum machine, glockenspiel, backing vocals, whistling: Dustin Hamman

Ten Pounds of Pennies:

Vocals: Loch Lomond

Guitar: Pete Bosack

Glasses: Loch Lomond

Ambient sounds: https://freesound.org/people/Nickleus/sounds/111200/

Deedles:

Vocals: Brooke Parrott, Julie Bosack

Guitar: Pete Bosack

Trumpet: John Whaley

Small Hearts:

Vocals: Ritchie Young, Julie Bosack, Brooke Parrott

Ukulele: Pete Bosack, Jesse Donaldson

Drums: Dillon Young, Ritchie Young

Bass, electric guitar: Paul Seely

Backing vocals, trumpet: John Whaley

Violin: Kyleen King

Bells, tambourine: Dustin Hamman

Five Watches:

Lead vocals: Ritchie Young

Backing vocals: Brooke Parrott, Julie Bosack, John Whaley, Paul Seely, Dustin Hamman

Acoustic guitar 1: Pete Bosack

Organ: Pete Bosack

Bass: Pete Bosack

Violin: Thomas Wentz

Drums: Dillon Young, Paul Seely, Dustin Hamman

Ambient recordings, Buddha box, Q-Chord, vocal percussion, junkyard percussion, acoustic guitar 2: Dustin Hamman

Additional vocal production and effects: Rob Oberdorfer 

Initial recordings by Jesse Donaldson at 3 Dames Beach House in Oceanside, OR.

Additional recording engineers: Dustin Hamman, Paul Seely, Pete Bosack, Kyleen King, Dan Galucki, Brooke Parrott and Rob Oberdorfer.

Produced and mixed by Dustin Hamman at LolaLand Studios, Silver City, NM.

Mastered by Jeff Stuart Saltzman.

Cover art by Corrina Repp.