The 24-year-old Oregon native taught himself guitar only a few years ago, busking on the beaches of Southern California before quickly building an online following and releasing his breakout single “A Lot More Free.” The song has since gone Platinum, hit #1 on TikTok’s Breakthrough USA chart, and launched Max to the top of Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart.  Since then, McNown has released his debut album Wandering, the Willfully Blind EP, and his acclaimed records, Night Diving, and Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up), which reached Top…