“I think I’m just seeing the world
in a different light now,” he con-
tinued. “Where it was just such
a muddled and dark place be-
fore. I mean, when you come out
of something that traumatic…
for the first time in a lot of years,
I was happy to be alive. That’s
just what happened. I didn’t sit
down and say I’m going to make a
bunch of records. Frankly, it’s a lot
of records. It’s bordering on too
much. I used to slag Ryan Adams
for putting out a new record each
year. It’s like, ‘You have that much
to say, do you?’ But now I just feel
the energy of an adolescent. I feel
like it’s a new rebirth for me.”
This burst of creativity is so
strong that an album like Orphans,
which was comprised of songs
that didn’t make Out from Under,
found its way on to many Best Al-
bums of the Year lists. McDermott
jokes that the success of Orphans
only goes to show that he doesn’t
know what the best songs to use
for an album are. He’s got a sur-
plus of songs left over after this
new album as well and many have
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