Recorded at the end of a long hot summer, Loch creates a calm and ambient setting for its listener. After finishing my degree, I had a long summer ahead of me, my only plans being to enjoy the solitude of living by the beach, and to enjoy the close company of those around me, before it wouldn't be as simple to see them. I wrote this track on a hot day in July, after spending a few weeks mostly alone, trying to find a way to close the previous three years of my life. I tuned my guitar to various open tunings and let my hands explore the possibilities across the frets until they found a rhythm. the product of these improvisation sessions are my most proud creations. they encapsulate the feelings associated with this time in my life, and are a beautiful backing track to the day to day life I was living.
The piece was written stand alone, unlike the rest of my work, but I could see it being part of a wider collection over time. The main themes of it follow feeling lost with nothing to do, like you're living a life for the purpose of just carrying on, maintaining the routines you created a long time ago, and seeing people because you are a part of each others lives. The period of uncertainty and the isolating mental environment that comes with it. Of all the works in my discography, this piece stands out to me the most, as it best captures a specific time I have lived through, and won't live through again.
Though written and recorded in July, after a trip to Loch Goil in Scotland, I wanted to revisit this previously unreleased track, and go back into its world, relive those memories, and see its application a few months later. The song was made for the closing of summer, but being autumn now, its acoustics are still heavily relevant. The changing of the leaves, the rain on the windows, the long cold walks home. Listen anywhere, and the song will find its home.