Origami Angel

Origami Angel are a two piece emo band from the Washington, D.C. area. Ryland Heagy is on guitar/vocals/bass, and Pat Doherty is on drums. It's absolutely insane how this band is just two people. They switched from Chatterbot Records to Counter Intuitive Records in 2020, where they will inevitably die. They're currently indisputably the most important band in DIY emo at the moment and you are required to listen to them before you take another breath. Or else you will have to interact with a DIY kid tomorrow. Gami gang for life!!

Releases
They released their first single, Hey There​/​Mark My Words, in anticipation of the release of their "Quiet Hours" EP on April 14, 2017. The aforementioned EP came shortly after, releasing on April 24, 2017. The band then began working on a follow up, entitled "Doing The Most", which would mark both the first Chatterbot Records Era release the band had, as well as their first collaboration with audio engineer Jake Checkoway. The EP dropped on July 6, 2018. The next release would be the "Holy Split" a split with the fellow-DC area band, and close friends of gami, Commander Salamander. The split released through Chatterbot Records on January 11, 2019. A track off of this split, Origami Bagel, was reviewed by Anthony Fantano on a "I Listen to your music" segment. The Gen 3 concept EP would release on May 31, 2019 to widespread acclaim. The EP was a 4-song pokemon concept EP, with each song being named for a third generation pokemon game. The final Chatterbot Records era Gami release would follow later that year, on November 15, 2019. This concept album, entitled Somewhere City, is the band's clear breakthrough hit, with tracks from this release popping up on curated playlists, and even in the hands of Pitchfork reviewer Ian Cohen, who gave the album a 7.0. After the release of Somewhere City it was announced that Origami Angel had signed to Counter Intuitive records, which begins the next era of the band.

In April of 2020, Origami Angel was lined up to play a set at Minechella, the impromptu DIY minecraft music fest hosted by the Summit Shack. So many people hopped onto the livestream that it crashed. As a result the band had to play the next day, unveiling a set of reimagined lofi-trap remixes of classic gami songs. This set would be turned into the EP "Origami Angel Broke Minecraft" which would be the first Gami release exclusive to Counter Intuitive.