michael mcdermott what in the world

​Michael McDermott (from the album What in the World… available on Pauper Sky Records) (by Bryant Liggett)
Michael McDermott’s What In The World… is a call it as you see it, play it as it lays, Rock’n’Roll record. Musically, What in the World… is stark and ballad heavy, with some ramshackle Rock grooves that lyrically play out as unapologetic confessions, admissions and observations. It is easy music to digest, aided by Michael McDermott’s straightforward verbiage, devoid of ambiguity and mystery, his what you see is what you get approach is repurposed as a dose of reality coming at a time when finding a drop of the stuff is tough. The title track album opener is a banger with no minced words. ‘It’s a new world order, walls along the border, kids in cages, executive orders’, Michael McDermott hits on current issues, Coronavirus and George Floyd not included due release and writing schedules. Michael McDermott does, however, add a statement outside the borders of time, ‘it’s not too hard to see, the Presidents a criminal’.
Michael McDermott isn’t afraid to add personal confessions, admitting he is ‘two-fisted tough’ while taking secrets to the grave in “Die with Me”, while ‘counting all the way’s he screwed up again’ on “No Matter What”.  “The Things You Want” has slight jangle, and “Contender” is a saxophone driven R&B bouncer that looks back on Michael McDermott’s youth, an optimistic young Rock’n’Roller who saw himself as ‘Moses, with rock star poses’… a dream we have all shared.  (by Bryant Liggett)
 
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