Max McNown - Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up (2025) [Official Digital Download]

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, 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.

TRACKLIST

1. Max McNown - Forever Ain't Long Enough
2. Max McNown - Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)
3. Max McNown - St. Helens Alpenglow
4. Max McNown - The Cost of Growing Up
5. Max McNown - Same Questions
6. Max McNown - Call Me If You Miss Me
7. Max McNown - This Side Of Heaven
8. Max McNown - Marley
9. Max McNown - Wherever I'm Going
10. Max McNown - Where To Start
11. Max McNown - Night Diving (feat. Cameron Whitcomb)
12. Max McNown - It's Not Your Fault
13. Max McNown - Take This Plane
14. Max McNown - Hotel Bible
15. Max McNown - Roses and Wolves (feat. Hailey Whitters)
16. Max McNown - Won't Let Me Go
17. Max McNown - Azalea Place
18. Max McNown - Love I Couldn't Mend
19. Max McNown - Freezing In November (Revisited)
20. Max McNown - Night Diving
21. Max McNown - Hindsight & Photographs



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