MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
''NOISE FROM WORDS''
AUGUST 28 2007
46:52
1. Mess of Things/3:09
2. Still Ain't Over You Yet/5:33
3. Tread Lightly/3:27
4. The American In Me/3:27
5. A Kind Of Love Song/3:37
6. No Words/3:15
7. All My Love/3:40
8. Just A Little Blue/2:58
9. Broken/4:38
10. A Long Way From Heaven/3:59
11. My Father's Son/4:44
12. I Shall Be Healed/4:24
Jason Batchko /Drums
Larry Beers /Drums
Joe Cassidy /Guitar, Piano, Producer, String Arrangements
Denny Fongheiser /Drums
Ryan Hinshaw /Violin
Merritt Lear /Violin
Bobby Macintyre /Drums
Michael McDermott /Bass, Guitar, Piano
Dan Petty /Bass, Guitar, Mandolin
Doug Petty /Piano
John Pirrucello /Pedal Steel
Angelo Santucci /Mandolin
John Spiegel /Dobro, Guitar
Patrick Warren /Chamberlin
Jim Wirt /Bass
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
Over a decade and a half into his career, Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott shoots for his definitive album on Noise from Words -- his Tonight's the Night, his Late for the Sky, his Nebraska. Released three years after his last album, Noise from Words is, McDermott claims, an intensely personal autobiographical song cycle about addiction and recovery. Unfortunately, McDermott's strength as a songwriter is not naked, raw emotion; it's likely that anyone who hears these 12 songs without the foreknowledge of their creation would be hard-pressed to catch the underlying theme outside of the fairly obvious opening and closing tunes, "Mess of Things" and "I Shall Be Healed." Furthermore, McDermott is a talented but not particularly emotive singer whose rather plain voice doesn't deliver much of an emotional wallop. Noise from Words is an entirely inoffensive piece of adult alternative songcraft, but unfortunately, it seems that McDermott was going for something more than that.
BIOGRAPHY
by John Bush Michael McDermott was born in Chicago and influenced by rock & roll. After troubles with various bands, McDermott chose the solo route. He spent some time in college but left to play Chicago's coffeehouses and bars. After watching and performing with many folksingers, he began to incorporate Irish music into his act. Frequent dates at a pub called Harrington's led to local word of mouth and a contract with SBK. In 1991 McDermott released his debut, 620 W. Surf, and by 1993 Gethsemane showed him moving farther away from the coffeehouse and closer to rock. A self-titled effort appeared in 1996. Four years of touring and writing produced the 2000 release Last Chance Lounge. In 2004 McDermott put out a studio album titled Ashes and followed it up two months later with a companion disc of songs recorded during those same sessions, titled Beneath the Ashes. A double disc of demos titled In a Goddess Night was released not long after, to keep fans interested until his next studio release, Noise from Words, in 2007.
''NOISE FROM WORDS''
AUGUST 28 2007
46:52
1. Mess of Things/3:09
2. Still Ain't Over You Yet/5:33
3. Tread Lightly/3:27
4. The American In Me/3:27
5. A Kind Of Love Song/3:37
6. No Words/3:15
7. All My Love/3:40
8. Just A Little Blue/2:58
9. Broken/4:38
10. A Long Way From Heaven/3:59
11. My Father's Son/4:44
12. I Shall Be Healed/4:24
Jason Batchko /Drums
Larry Beers /Drums
Joe Cassidy /Guitar, Piano, Producer, String Arrangements
Denny Fongheiser /Drums
Ryan Hinshaw /Violin
Merritt Lear /Violin
Bobby Macintyre /Drums
Michael McDermott /Bass, Guitar, Piano
Dan Petty /Bass, Guitar, Mandolin
Doug Petty /Piano
John Pirrucello /Pedal Steel
Angelo Santucci /Mandolin
John Spiegel /Dobro, Guitar
Patrick Warren /Chamberlin
Jim Wirt /Bass
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
Over a decade and a half into his career, Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott shoots for his definitive album on Noise from Words -- his Tonight's the Night, his Late for the Sky, his Nebraska. Released three years after his last album, Noise from Words is, McDermott claims, an intensely personal autobiographical song cycle about addiction and recovery. Unfortunately, McDermott's strength as a songwriter is not naked, raw emotion; it's likely that anyone who hears these 12 songs without the foreknowledge of their creation would be hard-pressed to catch the underlying theme outside of the fairly obvious opening and closing tunes, "Mess of Things" and "I Shall Be Healed." Furthermore, McDermott is a talented but not particularly emotive singer whose rather plain voice doesn't deliver much of an emotional wallop. Noise from Words is an entirely inoffensive piece of adult alternative songcraft, but unfortunately, it seems that McDermott was going for something more than that.
BIOGRAPHY
by John Bush Michael McDermott was born in Chicago and influenced by rock & roll. After troubles with various bands, McDermott chose the solo route. He spent some time in college but left to play Chicago's coffeehouses and bars. After watching and performing with many folksingers, he began to incorporate Irish music into his act. Frequent dates at a pub called Harrington's led to local word of mouth and a contract with SBK. In 1991 McDermott released his debut, 620 W. Surf, and by 1993 Gethsemane showed him moving farther away from the coffeehouse and closer to rock. A self-titled effort appeared in 1996. Four years of touring and writing produced the 2000 release Last Chance Lounge. In 2004 McDermott put out a studio album titled Ashes and followed it up two months later with a companion disc of songs recorded during those same sessions, titled Beneath the Ashes. A double disc of demos titled In a Goddess Night was released not long after, to keep fans interested until his next studio release, Noise from Words, in 2007.
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