Song Obsession of the Week: "A Field Report" by Loch Lomond

If you, like me, can't get enough of the spiritual children of Nick Drake (Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Sun Kil Moon, Alexi Murdoch, etc.), Portland, Oregon's Loch Lomond is your new favorite band. Singer/songwriter Ritchie Young started the band as a solo project in 2003, and for subsequent recordings and shows, the group has ranged from one to 10 members. The song I've had on repeat isn't new—"A Field Report" off its third album Paper These Walls from 2007. But it also appears on the EP Trumpets For Paper Children, which the band is now offering for free (or donation) at the Hush Records Shop.

"A Field Report" starts quietly with guitar and vocals before building into glorious chamber folk with piano and strings. Young's ""Field report to you, oh my God" includes devestating missives like "Teeter totters and daughters / Teeter totters and daughters / laughing I'll never have in my backyard," all while the chorus builds into heavenly joy. Download it for free or watch Loch Lomond perform "A Field Report" live at Pickathon: