Michael McDermott Uncovers 'The American in Me' On New Album 'Noise From Words' (August 28)

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ One Little Indian Us) - In his powerful new song "The American in Me," from the forthcoming album Noise From Words, tunesmith Michael McDermott asks what it means to be American during these days of white noise, blue and red states, divided government, and ongoing war.

Over a driving melody of piano, bass, guitar and drums, "The American in Me" takes the big question of national identity and makes it intimately personal; if we want to know where America is headed, each of us must look in the mirror, says McDermott:

The independence of America permeates all of us. It's what makes us great- the arrogance, the bravado, the sense of the heroic, the sense of justice, the sense of rebellion, and the sense of wonder. But with anything, there is a precipice of danger, and whether it is a country or a person, sometimes we go into the abyss.

Noise From Words chronicles Michael's own return from the abyss of self-destruction in twelve tender, heartfelt songs. However, when he sings in The American in Me that "Sometimes I look, I don't want to see/ It's the American in Me," it's clear that the struggle for America's soul is far from over.

McDermott continues to tour the U.S. through this fall, including stops at The Living Room (NY) on August 29, Davenport's (Chicago) Sept. 6-8, and Hotel Cafe (LA) October 12.