GOODBYE TO THE MADHOUSE - MCDERMOTT’S 2 HOURS
(Otf Recordings)

[1:Intro] [2: Early days] [3: With the Levellers] [4: Live again]

Goodbye To The Madhouse by McDermott’s 2 Hours is the first non-Levellers release from Otf recordings. It sees the band return to the form of their highly acclaimed first studio album, The Enemy Within, combining the song-writing genius of Nick Burbridge with traditional-type tune arrangements, augmented by bass and kit drums. Core members, singer and guitarist Burbridge, fiddler Ben Paley, and bass player Matt Goorney, are joined by multi-instrumentalist Tim Cotterell, and many others, including The Levellers’ Charlie Heather, to produce a record set to be a milestone in contemporary folk-rock. Produced by Tim Cotterell and Jeremy Cunningham, and mastered by Jon Sevink, the album continues their close association with The Levellers while restoring McDermotts to their own unique place in the scheme of things.

‘It really is a masterpiece. Instrumentation is immense, singing on top form and drums rocking. Proper folk-rock music, all lean and no cheese – a rarity in the genre! It’s a definitive boundary-pushing record.’ (Jeremy Cunningham, The Levellers)
‘McDermott’s 2 Hours cut the mustard.’ (Q)

The extraordinary story of this album’s making is told in the June 2007 issue of Rock’n’Reel.

Goodbye To The Madhouse, Otf Recordings, available from all good record stores, www.levellers.co.uk , or see our contact details to order direct.