Mk.gee is Michael Todd Gordon, a New Jersey-born singer, guitarist, and producer splitting the difference between classic '80s rock production and modern alternative R&B — he also has credits on Dijon's Absolutely. Two Star & the Dream Police (2024) is the one everyone talks about. Dig into Mk.gee vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Michael Todd Gordon, performing as Mk.gee, was born in Linwood, New Jersey on July 17, 1996. He launched his recording career in the late 2010s with self-released material and has built his audience through extensive YouTube guitar videos, Pronounced McGee (2018) EP, and collaborative work as a producer (including writing/producer credits on Dijon's Absolutely 2021 album). His 2024 LP Two Star & the Dream Police was widely cited as one of the most important indie albums of 2024, with critical attention drawing comparisons to classic 1980s rock production aesthetics combined with contemporary alternative R&B.
Mk.gee's sound combines indie rock, alternative R&B, electronic, art rock, dream pop, and bedroom pop with his distinctive vocal delivery (use of falsetto and atmospheric processing), virtuosic guitar work (with extensive use of fingerpicked clean tones and harmonic effects), and lyrical content addressing relationships and personal experience drawing on classic 1980s rock production aesthetics alongside contemporary alternative R&B influences.
Innovative Leisure, R&R Digital, and Two Hands Music pressings of the Mk.gee catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.
Listeners new to Mk.gee typically start with Two Star & the Dream Police (2024).
