Max McNown Releases Highly Anticipated Deluxe Album "Night Diving

Max McNown Releases Highly Anticipated Deluxe Album "Night Diving

Today, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Max McNown releases the highly anticipated deluxe album Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), a powerful blend of folk and country that explores themes of grief, healing, love, and hope, with soul-baring lyricism and compelling instrumentation. Featuring 11 never-before-heard songs, the new, expanded edition of his stunning sophomore album is out now on Fugitive Recordings x The Orchard x Columbia Records.

Listen to Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) here

“Even though ‘Night Diving’ was the length of a full album, in my heart it never felt complete to me” shares McNown. “All of these songs were written in the same time period, and my intention was always to have them be one body of work”. The previously unreleased songs surfaced from a recent evolution of his mesmerising sound, spotlighting an earthy tonality informed by his upbringing in the Pacific Northwest and warm vocal presence honed partly by busking on the San Clemente pier.

“Since my first EP I’ve been on the hunt to find myself as a musician, and with this album, I’ve officially made something that fully represents me, both sonically and in my songwriting” he continues. Produced by Jamie Kenney (Colbie Caillat, Laci Kaye Booth) and made with an A-list lineup of session players, ‘Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)’ ultimately provides an extraordinary vessel for his profoundly moving and intimate storytelling.

Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) Tracklist:

  1. Forever Ain't Long Enough

  2. Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)

  3. St. Helens Alpenglow

  4. The Cost of Growing Up

  5. Same Questions

  6. Call Me If You Miss Me

  7. This Side of Heaven

  8. Marley

  9. Wherever I'm Going

  10. Where to Start

  11. Night Diving (feat. Cameron Whitcomb)

  12. It's Not Your Fault

  13. Take This Plane

  14. Hotel Bible

  15. Roses and Wolves (feat. Hailey Whitters)

  16. Won't Let Me Go

  17. Azalea Place

  18. Love I Couldn't Mend

  19. Freezing in November (Revisited)

  20. Night Diving

  21. Hindsight & Photographs

With standout songs such as the chart-climbing ‘Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)’ and the joyful focus track ‘Forever Ain’t Long Enough’, McNown lets his inner hopeless romantic shine. Whereas on the heavy-hearted but catchy ‘Same Questions’ and the ode to old love with ‘St. Helen’s Alpenglow’, McNown explores everything that’s lost following a breakup. The gorgeously textured track ‘The Cost of Growing Up’ arrives as a clear-eyed but melancholic reflection on the inevitability of pain.

Revisiting the title track of the original album, Max recruited country artist Cameron Whitcomb for a new, heartfelt rendition of ‘Night Diving’, a profound meditation on the cycles of addiction, set against a spellbinding backdrop of otherworldly textures, moody guitar tones, and strangely haunting rhythms. Watch Max and Cameron poke fun at each other in this hilarious clip promoting the single (which has earned over half a million views within just one week).

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