McKinley Dixon
Magic, Alive! LP (neon orange vinyl)

In many ways, the breathless and ebullient Magic, Alive! continues the work of its predecessors: It is the story of three kids who lose their best friend and wrestle with the subsequent turmoil. The essential twist, though, is that the trio wonder what they can do to bring their pal back or, at the very least, reconvene with him, so that their friendship does not end with mortality. Indeed, the crux of Magic, Alive! is a broad contemplation of what constitutes magic at all. Why can’t it be the guy who simply gets away with something by ducking from authorities, or the slippery way the world starts to feel after a long pull on a joint or a slow drink from a bottle? Can it merely be the belief in something we cannot plainly see just as well as an abiding trust in miracles, spells, and portals for something beyond our own experience? On Magic, Alive!, Dixon—a son of the ghost-haunted South—says yes to all of it.

NEW / Released in 2025

Tracklist:

A1 Watch My Hands

A2 Sugar Water

A3 Crooked Stick

A4 Recitatif

A5 Run, Run, Run

A6 We're Outside, Rejoice!

B1 All The Loved Ones (What Would We Do???)

B2 Ffol

B3 Listen Gentle

B4 Magic, Alive!

B5 Could've Been Different