Morgan Evans Essentials

“When you’re going through a heartbreak or a hard time, you’re looking for things to help you get through it,” Morgan Evans tells Apple Music. “Inevitably for me, and country music and in Nashville, drinking too much is one of those.” Excessive imbibing is a running theme in the Australian singer-songwriter’s catalog, from “Day Drunk” to “Beer Back Home.” Now based in the aforementioned country music hotbed, Evans has also built a solid reputation for himself with earnest romantic tunes like “Kiss Somebody” and “Love Is Real.” And while divorce may have shaped his 2026 album Steel Town—named after his hometown of Newcastle, New South Wales—there’s real hopefulness to songs like “Letting You Go,” a much-needed refresh after a long narrative of hurt. And like all of Evans’ work, it lets in enough rock and pop influence to make it accessible far beyond a core country audience.