Matt Maeson announces new album A Quiet and Harmless Living and drops the haunting new single “Downstairs,” along with a massive 42-date tour.
Maeson is back. The Virginia-born, Nashville-based multiplatinum singer-songwriter just announced his personal third studio album, A Quiet and Harmless Living, set for release Sept. 12 via Atlantic Records. The album finds Maeson navigating the whirlwind of new fatherhood, marriage and the unforgiving demands of a music career, confronting his inner battles head-on and translating them into some of his most raw and reflective work to date.
“It was very healing to write this,” Maeson shares. “I was trying to juggle everything and failing at all of it. But fatherhood gave me the punch in the face I needed — it took the pressure off. Now, my job isn’t the only thing that matters anymore.”
To mark the announcement, Maeson has released “Downstairs”, a haunting, distorted anthem of isolation written in the quiet hours of fatherhood. Over palm-muted guitar and a swell of fuzzed-out instrumentation, he confesses: “I just wanna drift away downstairs”, capturing the universal urge to escape when life feels heavy.
The album’s other standout, “Everlasting”, leans into resilience and brutal honesty with the refrain: “Grit your teeth and make us proud / Fake it when you don’t know how.”
Another highlight is “Cursive”, a poignant, introspective duet with Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, where he unpacks identity, belief systems and unraveling faith. “Andy and I have become super close. He’s been through it all, and he brought something really special to this record.”
Preorder for A Quiet and Harmless Living is now available.
A Quiet and Harmless Living Tracklist:
1. A Good Start
2. In My Arms
3. Cursive (feat. Manchester Orchestra)
4. Downstairs
5. Halfway to Whole
6. Everlasting
7. Split Personality Blues
8. Stubborn as Religion
9. Year After Year
10. All My Wars
Tickets to catch Matt Maltese on his upcoming Never Had To Leave tour are available now.
2025–2026 Tour Dates:
Sept 26 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Sept 27 — Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Sept 29 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Oct 1 — San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Oct 2 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Oct 4 — San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Oct 5 — Eugene, OR @ The McDonald Theatre
Oct 7 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Oct 8 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Oct 10 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Oct 11 — Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Oct 16 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
Oct 18 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Oct 19 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
Oct 21 — Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
Oct 22 — Toronto, ON @ History
Oct 24 — Montreal, QC @ Theatre Beanfield
Oct 25 — New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
Oct 27 — Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Oct 28 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
Oct 30 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Nov 1 — Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
Nov 3 — Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson Theater
Nov 4 — Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
Nov 5 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov 7 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Nov 8 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Jan 30 — Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
Feb 1 — Glasgow, UK @ Oran Mor
Feb 2 — Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia
Feb 4 — London, UK @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Feb 5 — Antwerp, BE @ Trix
Feb 7 — Paris, FR @ Trabendo
Feb 8 — Zurich, CH @ Plaza
Feb 10 — Munich, DE @ Technikum
Feb 11 — Berlin, DE @ Gretchen
Feb 13 — Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Feb 14 — Stockholm, SE @ Nalen
Feb 16 — Copenhagen, DK @ Lille Vega
Feb 17 — Hamburg, DE @ Mojo Club
Feb 19 — Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Feb 20 — Cologne, DE @ Die Kantine
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