Caelin Tralongo sits slouched in the corner of a booth at Cafe Java in North Austin. The small strip mall eatery is packed for Saturday brunch, but the artist, known mononymously as Caelin, is absorbed in a book as she waits for her bandmates to arrive.
Mind Magic is about the neuroscience behind manifestation, she explains, taking a scientific approach to how we can alter our brain patterns to help us realize our potential and the selves we want to be.
The idea is not unrelated to where she and her bandmates, Lili Hickman and Madison Baker, find themselves with Next of Kin. In just the past year, before they had even released any music, the trio of songwriters inspired a fervent local following and garnered more attention than any of them had gained individually over the past decade – including landing a spot headlining the Kerrville Folk Festival and on the just-announced 2025 ACL Festival lineup…