A late highlight comes in “Caught in the Moment”, where the emphasis on the chorus is on eating Taco Bell in a Lyft, showing character progression and the passing of time from “Mobius Chicken Strip”. This isn’t lyrical nostalgia of thinking about the good ole days or rebelling against growing old, it’s more missing those moments where we could just tell our best friends “ grab your Game Boy, get in the car”, a line that is italicized and in quotations because it actually appears in a real song that is actually titled “Mobius Chicken Strip”, an early highlight. Yes, there are sadboi lyrics aplenty to be found, but they’re so earnest in their immature absurdity that it draws you in. Origami Angel clearly had the time of their lives making this album. And, against all odds, it all works.Īnd again, it works because they commit to what they’re crafting.
It seems as though they came up with a list of items that would annoy every music purist and dad in New Balance sneakers and thought “How can we make an album out of this?” Even better, they made it a twenty song, double album. They even include breakdowns that verge on easycore, random trip hop beats, some screams, and even bossa nova. Immature, nostalgic lyrics, group chants, hand claps, do-do-dos, high-pitched and somewhat nasally vocals, and any other cliche you can think of. They take almost all of everyone’s least favorite aspects of pop-punk and lean into them as hard as they can. If Origami Angel had committed to their schtick just slightly less, GAMI GANG could have been a complete disaster. Review Summary: So sweet it will give you a cavity and then kick your ass at Mario Kart.
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