Origami Angel is an American rock band from Washington D.C., consisting of singer and guitarist Ryland Heagy and drummer Pat Doherty.

The duo met in late 2015, when, after a show at Archie Edwards' Barbershop in Washington, D.C., Heagy and a friend asked Doherty to join their band Idle Empire, to which he accepted. Idle Empire eventually fizzled out, Heagy and Doherty later reuniting to form Origami Angel and releasing their debut EP titled Quiet Hours via Chatterbot Records. The band followed up this release with another EP in 2018 titled Doing The Most. In 2019, the duo released a Pokémon-themed EP titled Gen 3.

Origami Angel's debut full-length album, Somewhere City was released on November 15, 2019 to praise from critics and fans. Pitchfork gave the album a generally positive score of 7.0, writer Ian Cohen saying "Origami Angel never let up for more than five seconds save for the twinkly arpeggios that serve as Somewhere City's introductory scene setting... Somewhere City is an invigorating place to spend a half hour, but Origami Angel would be wise to explore the darkness on the edge of town." Leor Galil for Chicago Reader complimented the album's energy, saying "Heagy and Doherty use their instrumental skills to work flamboyant, sometimes playful parts into neat, hook-filled songs, lending emotional resonance to what might otherwise seem like merely athletic displays."

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