McNown continues unraveling the feeling of lost love in this hauntingly beautiful song after closing out his sophomore album, “Night Diving.” With his new single, “Call Me If You Miss Me,” one of the tracks on the latest release through Fugitive Recordings, The Orchard, and Columbia Records, the debut of which greets the ear with a gentle plucking of guitar strings, indicative of an attempt to sound personal and intimate.
His soft, aching vocals float on top of the melody like a quiet confession, drawing listeners into a suspended instant of contemplation and unreciprocated feelings. At its heart, “Call Me If You Miss Me” is a song about longing that sticks around in a person long after a love has dissipated. It’s that provocative late-night thought you try to shove away but always comes creeping back. Deadpan delivery suffuses each lyric, which drips with nostalgia and a desire for connection even when all signs indicate goodbye.
Max calls the track one of the first songs written in the creation of “Night Diving,” another piece in the puzzle that adds some depth to the album’s overall themes of love, loss, and the in-between. It’s a message to fans that his story is far from over, nor is his music. The performance clip brings a new level of intimacy to the song, where fans can see the emotion behind each note.
What sets McNown apart is his ability to write a song and to inhabit it. His voice has the gravity of experience, delivering heartbreak with a tenderness that resonates outside country music’s frontiers. With “Call Me If You Miss Me,” Max McNown makes all of us a part of his story. And if this track is anything to go by, there’s much more to look forward to.
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