Michael McDermott – Lighthouse On The Shore / East Jesus (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:29:18 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Rock
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Music has two personalities, a duality frequently characterized by quiet introspection and power-driven proclamation. If you were a photographer, it would be light and dark. If you were a painter, it would be black and white. For a musician, it’s acoustic and electric. Revered Chicago-based singer-songwriter Michael McDermott reveled in his creative duality to craft a first – two full albums, one acoustic and one electric, to be released on the same day as companion pieces of work. Lighthouse on the Shore, the acoustic opus, and East Jesus, the electric collection, arrive September 13 on McDermott’s own Pauper Sky Records. “I guess it’s always been a bit of a balancing act, my multiple personalities,” says McDermott. “One of my personalities grew up listening to early Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Odetta, traditional Irish music, and Tom Waits. The other one was raised on The Stones, The Who, Van Morrison, and U2. My songwriting varies wildly, to sometimes great effect and other times a seemingly incoherent array of songs that never find homes on my albums. This time I thought I’d lean into both, make a quiet record and a loud one.”
Tracklist:
1-01. Michael McDermott – Bradbury Daydream (03:53)
1-02. Michael McDermott – Nothing Changes (04:23)
1-03. Michael McDermott – Goddamnit Lovely (04:22)
1-04. Michael McDermott – I Am Not My Father (03:50)
1-05. Michael McDermott – Hey La Hey 23 (04:50)
1-06. Michael McDermott – Gonna Rise Up (04:15)
1-07. Michael McDermott – Where God Never Goes (05:48)
1-08. Michael McDermott – Lighthouse On The Shore (04:52)
1-09. Michael McDermott – Count Your Blessings (04:19)
1-10. Michael McDermott – Grateful (04:56)
2-01. Michael McDermott – FCO (04:00)
2-02. Michael McDermott – Berlin At Night (04:04)
2-03. Michael McDermott – A Head Full of Rain (05:02)
2-04. Michael McDermott – East Jesus (05:03)
2-05. Michael McDermott – Lost Paradise (04:15)
2-06. Michael McDermott – Quicksand (04:20)
2-07. Michael McDermott – Charlie Brown (04:27)
2-08. Michael McDermott – Behind The Eight (03:46)
2-09. Michael McDermott – The Circus (04:46)
2-10. Michael McDermott – Whose Life I’m Living (04:07)
