The Magic is the thirteenth studio album by Deerhoof, released in June 2016 through Polyvinyl.

In April 2016, Deerhoof announced The Magic, its first studio album since their 2014 La Isla Bonita.

[1] Joseph Baughman created the music video for the album's "The Devil and his Anarchic Surrealist Retinue".

[2] Gary McQuiggin created the video for "Dispossessor", featuring Professor Raphael Appleblossom (eccentric alter ego of author Matthew Watkins) "demonstrating" the Banach-Tarski Paradox.

's Anna Alger was extremely positive, writing that the album "finds the wholly original and ever-engaging band at their most cohesive and versatile — which is saying a lot, given their dynamic history.