Landon McNamara can feel it. Big things are coming. The singer-songwriter andguitarist from Hawaii’s North Shore is on the cusp of a major swell-familiar waters forthis accomplished surfer-but this wave is one of song and soul.McNamara’s newest drop,the laid backyet deeply spiritual “If You Only Knew,”renews the artist with strains of acoustic reggae and Hawaiian soul, underpinning athoughtful recitation on the value of life, and ultimately, the power of love. “The onlypromised thing to us all is death. And at the end of our life, when you're taking that lastbreath, would you be satisfied with how you spent your time?” asks McNamara. “Iwanna motivate people to realize life isn’t about money, or shiny things, or social status.It’sabout experiences; creating beautiful memories; family; friends; finding out who youtruly are and living that existence to the fullest. Above all, it’s about love.”“Well its inevitable that one day we all gotta go drift away, but if you hadto dietomorrow what would you do today, would you take that last breath, would you feelcontent with how that time was spent?”-Landon McNamara “If You Only Knew”“The original seeds of inspiration behind this song came from way back, since a youngkidI’ve always been aware and at time consumed by the big questions of life, where wecame from, where we will go, and that death is inevitable for us all. At the moment Imade the song, it was inspired by my Drummer and good friend Kimo (who alsoproduced this song).His father had just passed away and he shared that sad news, itfilled me with the feelings that this song was born from.As for if it’s part of a biggerprotect we got going on, there’s nothing set in stone but we have a lot of songs we arewaiting to figure out what we are gonna do with.”As the scion of one of the Islands’ esteemed surfing families, McNamara’s earliestexperiences came baptized by the power of the ocean. Yet, music, from a young age,proved as magnetic as the heavy currentof the Pacific; home video of McNamara as atoddler captures him grooving to a Ziggy Marley performance in Turtle Bay