suggested he put out an Orphans
2 with those tracks.
“There are always tough deci-
sions as to what makes an album,”
notes McDermott. “You want
things to make sense as a whole.
I did toy with the idea of just put-
ting the best songs out without
caring if they made sense or not.
Just put the best ones out be-
cause nobody listens to albums
anymore. Just do it. But I opted
for my default of playing it safe.
‘Mother Emmanuel’ is a song off
the album that kind of sticks out
there a bit, but I guess in the con-
text of what in the world is hap-
pening here, it makes sense. I
know musically it doesn’t quite fit,
but it makes sense in the broader
context.”
What In The World… kicks off
with the blistering title track, which
evokes memories of Bob Dylan’s
“Subterranean Blues” and its up-
coming video pays homage to it
as well. The video was shot by
New Jersey’s own Brian Fitzpatrick
who has shot several videos for
McDermott including “Carry Your
Watch a video for “Meadowlark” by Michael McDermott
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