Max McNown Announces Expanded Edition Of Sophomore Album 'Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)'
MAX MCNOWN ANNOUNCES EXPANDED EDITION OF
SOPHOMORE ALBUM NIGHT DIVING (THE COST OF GROWING UP)
Featuring 11 Never-Before-Heard Songs
New Single “The Cost oF Growing Up” Out Now
NASHVILLE, TN. / LONDON, UK. – (22nd
May, 2025) – Today, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Max McNown
releases the sublime new single “The Cost of Growing Up”
alongside a new album announcement. An expanded edition of his stunning
sophomore album with 11 new tracks, Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)
is slated for release on 18th July via Fugitive Recordings x The Orchard
x Columbia Records. Available forpre-orderon
Signed D2C Exclusive Clear Black Ice Colored Vinyl, Amazon Exclusive Opaque
Maroon Colored Vinyl, Indie Exclusive Opaque Bone Colored Vinyl, Opaque
Tangerine Coloured Vinyl, and Standard CD.
Listen to “The Cost of Growing Up” HERE(preferred
music platform) / Watch the performance video here:
Anchored in the charmingly warm vocal presence that McNown partly honed by
busking at the beach in Southern California just a few years ago, Night
Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) takes the latter half of its title from a
gorgeously textured track that perfectly exemplifies his newly refined sound.
With its rootsy and ethereal instrumentation, luminous steel guitar, lush
mandolin, and soulful organ, “The Cost of Growing Up” arrives as a clear-eyed
but melancholy meditation on the inevitability of pain.
“To me, the cost of growing up is an acceptance
that difficult things are going to happen—from minor inconveniences to
devastating loss, it’s all a part of life” says McNown. “But
there’s also beauty in that because, without those hard moments, you wouldn’t
be able to truly love.”
The new single is one of the 11 never-before-heard tracks
featured in Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), the drastically
expanded edition of his sophomore LP. “Even though Night Diving was the
length of a full album, in my heart it never felt complete to me” reveals
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 mesmerizing sound,
spotlighting an earthy tonality informed by his upbringing in the Pacific
Northwest.
“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 soul-baring storytelling.
Night
Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) Track List:
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 (New
Feature Version)
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
At 23, McNown has already been on a storied musical
journey. Taking control of his future, overcoming personal challenges, and
drawing inspiration from his brother who was bravely fighting cancer, McNown
packed his bags and drove from remote Oregon to Southern California. From
there, videos of him busking on a pier made an impact online and eventually
grew into a legion of supporters on TikTok(currently has 2.3M
followers). After attracting interest from major TV talent shows, McNown auditioned
for one and then decided it wasn't for him and gracefully turned them down as
he knew he needed to walk his own path.
Within just a year of teaching himself to play guitar, the
Nashville-based artist set off on a meteoric rise largely fueled by his
breakout single “A Lot More
Free”, a RIAA Gold-certified track whose explosive
success includes peaking at #1 on the iTunes singles chart and earning him a #1
spot on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart.
Photo Credit-Benjamin Edwards
Following the release of his widely
lauded debut album Wandering, the Willfully Blind EP, and his
acclaimed sophomore album Night Diving, the 23-year-old Oregon native
continued his fast ascent to stardom and made his TV performance debut with an
appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this year, in addition to selling
out his first-ever headline tour within just hours. Named a 2025 Artist To
Watch by Amazon Music, Holler, and Country Now, McNown now embarks on a
thrilling new chapter with Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up): a
21-song powerhouse that shows the complete depth of his artistry like never
before.
One of the “brightest newly minted stars to come out of
Nashville in recent years” (GRAMMY.com),
McNown has impressively sold out every stop of his debut headline tour after
spending the past year opening for stars like Wynonna Judd, Wyatt Flores,
Michael Marcagi, Sam Barber, 502s, Corey Kent, Trampled by Turtles, JOSEPH, and
more. McNown recently made his UK and European debut at C2C: Country to Country
Festival in London, Berlin and Rotterdam and will be returning overseas for a
headlining tour across the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and France in December.
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