Matt Maeson Announces Third Studio Album, 'A Quiet and Harmless Living' Out September 12th
MATT MAESON ANNOUNCES THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, A QUIET AND HARMLESS LIVING OUT SEPTEMBER 12th VIA ATLANTIC RECORDS | PRE ORDER HERE
SHARES NEW TRACK 'DOWNSTAIRS'
42-DATE TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE EU/ UK KICKS OFF SEPTEMBER 26
Matt Maeson announces the release of his third studio album, A Quiet And Harmless Living on September 12th via Atlantic Records. On the album, the Virginia-born and Nashville-based multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist chronicles the recent changes in his life, including getting married, moving from Austin to Nashville, and becoming a father. The album channels the complicated feelings, uneasy thoughts, and self-doubt into arresting anthems anchored by relatable and raw emotion. “It was very healing to write this,” Maeson shares. “I was going through a lot. So, A Quiet and Harmless Living is about deconstruction and figuring out who I am now as a person in a completely different season.”
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Today, Maeson also shares his latest single and video for 'Downstairs'. Maeson reveals about the song, “Downstairs was one of the first songs I wrote for this album. It was written out of exhaustion and my tendency to isolate myself when things are hard. I’d just had my son, and I was having a very hard time with it. I found myself racing through the days to get everything that had to be done over with so I could go isolate myself downstairs. I ended up having a few buddies come over months after I’d started the song and they helped me finish it in that very same room downstairs.” Listen to 'Downstairs' here and watch the new music video, directed by Matthew Daniel Siskin, here.
Maeson recently confirmed his 42-date tour which will reunite him with his full band to play 27 dates in North America from late September through early November, and 15-dates in Europe and the UK in January and February 2026. The tour will stop in cities including Austin, Los Angeles, Toronto, Nashville, and Brooklyn in North America and Dublin, Paris, Munich, Amsterdam and more in the EU/UK (full dates below). A VIP package will be offered for each date which includes soundcheck viewing access, one signed, show specific tour poster, one exclusive merch gift, one commemorative VIP laminate, early merch shopping access, and VIP early entry to the show. Tickets for all dates are on sale here .
A Quiet And Harmless Living is Matt Maeson’s first album since his 2024 live record, That’s My Cue: A Solo Experience and his sold-out solo tour of the same name. It was written during and chronicles a period of profound change in Maeson’s life.
Given the changes at home, Matt primarily wrote at night, working often between 11pm and 2am. He listened to everything from Mk.gee, Big Thief, and Adrianne Lenker to the scores of Final Fantasy VII and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. To bring the music to life, he collaborated closely with producer and friend Owen Lewis, leveraging the talents of Nashville session musicians to complete the vision. This time around, the bulk of the material developed on piano, including the first single 'Everlasting', which wrestles with the idea of leaving it all behind, before dusting yourself off and finding comfort in the mantra-like chant, “Grit your teeth and make us proud. Fake it when you don’t know how.”
Ultimately, A Quiet and Harmless Living is the sound of growing and finding balance. “At the end of the day, I’m just a good father and husband who makes and plays music sometimes,” he smiles. “I’m so happy with this record. I made something that spoke to me, and I’m content, man.”
A Quiet and Harmless Living Track Listing
A Good Start
In My Arms
Cursive (feat Manchester Orchestra)
Downstairs
Halfway to Whole
Everlasting
Split Personality Blues
Stubborn as Religion
Year After Year
All My Wars
MATT MAESON TOUR DATES
North America 2025
September 26: Dallas, TX - House of Blues
September 27: Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
September 29: Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren
October 1: San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
October 2: Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
October 4: San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
October 5: Eugene, OR - The McDonald Theatre
October 7: Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
October 8: Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
October 10: Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
October 11: Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
October 16: Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
October 18: Minneapolis, MN - First Ave.
October 19: Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
October 21: Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
October 22: Toronto, ON - History
October 24: Montreal, QC - Theatre Beanfield
October 25: New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
October 27: Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
October 28: Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
October 30: Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
November 1: Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
November 3: Charlottesville, VA - The Jefferson Theater
November 4: Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre
November 5: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
November 7: Boston, MA - House of Blues
November 8: Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Europe 2026
January 30: Manchester, UK - New Century Hall
February 1: Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
February 2: Dublin, IE - 3Olympia
February 4: London, UK - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
February 5: Antwerp, BE - Trix
February 7: Paris, FR - Trabendo
February 8: Zurich, CH - Plaza
February 10: Munich, DE - Technikum
February 11: Berlin, DE - Gretchen
February 13: Oslo, NO - John Dee
February 14: Stockholm, SE - Nalen
February 16: Copenhagen, DK - Lille Vega
February 17: Hamburg, DE - Mojo Club
February 19: Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg
February 20: Cologne, DE - Die Kantine
About Matt Maeson
Matt Maeson makes songs for those moments when you need them the most. No matter how fast life goes, he can get a grip on it and slow it down just enough to sing about it. The Virginia-born and Nashville-based multi platinum singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist transforms complicated feelings, uneasy thoughts, and self-doubt into arrestingly catchy alternative anthems anchored by relatable and raw emotion. Throughout the last decade, Matt has documented life’s twists and turns on tape. In 2019, he struck a chord and made history with his first LP, Bank on the Funeral. The album’s two Platinum-certified singles—'Cringe' and 'Hallucinogenics' [feat. Lana Del Rey]—each climbed to #1 at Alternative, elevating him as “the first ever male solo artist to log two #1 Alternative hits from a full-length debut LP.” He emerged as the rare talent equally comfortable supporting Zach Bryan in arenas or lending his voice to tracks alongside Gryffin, Illenium, and Chelsea Cutler. Along the way, Matt got married, moved from Austin to Nashville, and became a dad. He processes all of these pivotal changes out loud on his third full-length offering, A Quiet and Harmless Living [Atlantic Records]. By doing so, he taps into the sound of growing and finding balance with his most vulnerable and vital body of work yet.
