Loch Lomond on Its New Album, 'Pens from Spain'
b'One thing we love about the Portland band Loch Lomond is that, ever since Ritchie Young started it 13 years ago, it has operated as a revolving collective of musicians, depending on who\\u2019s available to tour and record. That means that every time they release a new album, they have to update the count. With \\u201cPens from Spain,\\u201d out this month on Hush Records, it has grown to a whopping 75 musicians.
\\u201cIt is really a big, rotating family,\\u201d says Young \\u2014 a fact reflected in the refrain of the title track: \\u201cFriends are the new family.\\u201d
Pens from Spain is the band\\u2019s first US album in five years (although they released Dresses in Europe in 2013). More than any past album, Pens from Spain was a group collaboration, particularly between Young, Jesse Donaldson, and Brooke Parrott. The album\\u2019s lush orchestrations reintroduce some of the electronic sounds Young and the gang have played with over the years, ranging from the atmospheric morse code of \\u201cFrom Here to Iceland\\u201d to the poppy drum machine beats of \\u201cBe Mine & Be Kind.\\u201d
Watch videos of Loch Lomond\'s opbmusic performance: http://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/loch-lomond-live-at-opb/'