Max McNown: Leave On A Light 2LP Vinyl

Why you'll love it

The Oregon songwriter's third album spread across four sides, eighteen songs in all. It follows "A Lot More Free" and "Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)", the singles that put him on the charts, and carries "Comets".

This edition

2LP set, four sides
Eighteen tracks, from "Overdose (Slow Down)" to "The Room"

About the album

Max McNown only learned guitar in 2022, after moving from Bend, Oregon to Southern California, and within a year he'd put out his first single and signed with Fugitive Recordings. "A Lot More Free" and "Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)" did the rest, and suddenly a kid who'd been playing for an audience of roommates was on the country and pop charts.

Leave On A Light, his third album, is the biggest thing he's made: eighteen songs of plainspoken heartache and hope, built on acoustic guitar and that easy, slightly cracked voice. "Comets", "Selah's Song" and "Greatest Audience Of All" show the range, from front-porch tender to stadium-sized. It's a lot of record, and he fills it. Three albums in three years suggests the man doesn't sleep much, which is good news for the rest of us.