The Crocodile

Cataldo is the recording project of Eric Anderson. An increasingly consistent though persistently shifty group of musician pals joins him live and in the studio. Their music is generally of the "indie" variety--meaning pop/rock/folk with lyrics and instrumentation that hopefully seem like they were composed by a person of grace and intelligence.

Loch Lomond stuns. Effortlessly combining symphonic chamber pop with the most raw, visceral and expert melodic acrobatics, the co-ed sextet employs the distinct 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. Luring the listener with the unique range and power of his voice, Young is 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. Few bands, especially of Loch Lomond's unique ilk, come from as disparate of backgrounds or intents: some members are teachers; some are computer programmers, some are visual artists and small business owners, and almost all are former high school band nerds, although one would never know it given the band's tapestry-tight weave of mesmerizing grandeur. Recently having returned from a triumphant US tour as main support for The Decemberists ("Singer Ritchie Young's earnest demeanor belies his enormous voice, and the band's varying instruments flesh out his songs perfectly."—EAR FARM; "Loch Lomond deserve all the accolades they are getting."—BrooklynVegan) and with an expertly creepy new video for new single "Blue Lead Fences" in hand, Loch Lomond is poised more now than ever to convert; to overwhelm, to stun.

"Ghost of Kyle Bradford twist(s) and turn(s) his way through rough-hewn cityscapes, his guitar lines trotting along as his voice, that soul-stirring rasp, unveil(s) a world filled with life and shadow."

-Mark Baumgarten, executive editor, Sound Magazine

"When it comes to singer/songwriters, for me it's in the voice. Either an artist has that "something" where they can evoke emotion and move you, or they just come across as another singer/songwriter. That being said, Ghost of Kyle Bradford has that special something. It's all there in his beautiful melodies, honest vocal delivery, and his detailed storytelling. He is sure to win over anybody that loves a moving, heartfelt song, without all the sappy bad poetry that usually comes along with songs of this nature. Ghost of Kyle Bradford has a bright future, and I can't wait to hear what he does next."

-KEXP DJ Troy Nelson

"It's hard to do that kind-of-folky acoustic-guitar-and-voice thing. You have to be able to sound earnest without becoming one of those turtleneck-and-cardigan-wearing pseudo-Christian schmucks whom everybody loathes. Ghost of Kyle Bradford have the kind of brutal, literary lyricism that makes folk matter: Bradford sings about the lowered expectations of drunks who can't stand themselves with a pretty voice and spare arrangements. His songs are as real and as raw as a Raymond Carver story—sad, violent moments captured gorgeously in amber". -Paul Constant, The Stranger