There’s still a sense of novelty to The Brightest Days, too. “Thank You, New Jersey,” a song so indebted to the Garden State that it’d make Bruce Springsteen proud, switches from Heagy’s syllable-laden verses to a surf-rock section, replete with vocal harmonies and a winsome chord progression, reminiscent of pre- Pet Sounds Beach Boys. As per usual with this duo, there are hooks on hooks on hooks. The Star Trek-referencing “Kobayashi Maru” is pure, eager kineticism with its double-time speed, vocalist-guitarist Ryland Heagy’s ebullient delivery and chiptune synths that recall Minneapolis pop-punkers Motion City Soundtrack. It packages most of their core signifiers (halftime breakdowns, tender earnestness, melodic yet showy guitar shredding) into a succinct unit. Whereas Gami Gang may overwhelm new listeners with its sheer magnitude of material, The Brightest Days feels like a proper crash course for those new to the emo outfit. The emo duo corrects their course with The Brightest Days, an eight-song mixtape that barrels forward at a faster pace than a chaotic 200cc race in Mario Kart 8. Although they were undeniably fun, these EPs played like bite-sized pieces of a much larger puzzle they explored facets of their sound but not the full thing. Just last fall, they released two back-to-back EPs, the indie pop-centric re:turn and the hardcore pastiche DEPART, both of which were brief distillations of two key elements of their sound, as disparate in style as their lowercase and uppercase titles suggested. 2021’s aptly titled Gami Gang upped the ante, doubling the ambition and punny song titles alike. duo’s steady, prolific output since their debut album, Somewhere City, in 2019, there’s plenty to digest. “Gami Gang” is not just a phrase used among fellow Origami Angel fans it is a way of life.
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