If By Magic spans 2008-2025 of Mark McGhee's lyrics and lore of The Girobabies: a cult Glasgow band that swung from "baffling ned punk" to late-night elegy without losing its bite. Across four albums, McGhee's notes unmask the gigs, friendships, disasters and tiny miracles that shaped the songs—a rough-cut portrait of a city, a band and a writer.
