''Feeling Not Found'' is the third studio album by American

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. It was released on September 27, 2024.

Background and recording

Band members Ryland Heagy (vocals, guitars, bass) and Pat Doherty (drums) began work on the album as early as 2020, despite a multitude of releases by the band between 2020 and 2023. The band began recording demos for the album in 2020, and while Heagy liked the material's shared thematic and sonic ties, he felt it wasn't quite ready for release. Heagy noted that he felt they could get the songs about 80% complete, but struggled to get them to the 100% level. The material was set aside while they worked on recording a sprawling

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, '' Gami Gang'' (2021), and the

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'' The Brightest Days'' (2023). The band revisited the material in 2023. In January 2023, Heagy's cousin - a fellow musician and big influence on Heagy - died. Heagy recounted that the last thing they talked about prior to his death was Heagy informing him that Origami Angel was to begin working with

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for the album. His cousin was very excited for the band, making the recording sessions with Yip particularly meaningful for Heagy.

Themes and composition

The album is a

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.https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/origami-angel/origami-angel-make-explosive-pop-punk-for-the-too-online-on-feeling-not-found Thematically, the album's title is a play on phrase " file not found". The band describes the album's concept as an exploration of an "emotional and spiritual

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, a sensation of cellular-level malfunction and data corruption, of being lost in an oblivion of digital information, and the desperate struggle to reconnect to how it feels to be human and whole." A recurring theme is society's overreliance on

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and the internet in a quickly changing world, and being " too online". Heagy expanded on the concept: Appealing to

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as a reaction to stressful modern times is another recurring theme across the album. The track "HM07 Waterfall" is a reference to '' Pokemon'', specifically a battle move with the video games. Darker themes include album opener "Lost Signal" being about Heagy's grief experienced from the death of his cousin, while "Sixth Cents (Get It?)" is a criticism of the modern music industry, and the lengths an artist must go to market themselves. Musically, the album has been described as moving in and out of many styles, while more generally being in the vein of

and

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'' described the album as a "high-energy 00'... pop-punk sound" that "occasionally flirts with

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influences. "Fruit Wine" was described as "chaotically

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y". "Dirty Mirror Selfie" was described as "

" with " metallic

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and a blistering breakdown". The album features

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Release and promotion

Prior to the announcement of the album, the band released the single "Fruit Wine" on May 6, 2024. The album's name, ''Feeling Not Found'', and release date of September 27, 2024, was first announced on July 24, 2024. The album will be announced via

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. Two singles were released on the same day – "Dirty Mirror Selfie" and "Where Blue Light Blooms" – along with accompanying

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s directed by Kay Dargen. The band later released a joint music video that spanned both songs "Sixth Sense" and "Secondgradefoodfight" where the band paid visual tribute to rock musicians such as

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The band embarked on a tour with US

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leading up to the album's release. Following release, the band promoted the album with a tour with

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Reception

The album was generally well-received by critics. It was named ''Stereogum's'' album of the week upon its release, with the publication concluding that "Brash, sharp, and innovative, ''Feeling Not Found'' is an exemplary portrait of the state of pop-punk in 2024" ''

'' praised the album for "spinning economic, political and interpersonal disillusionment into raucous hooks" and concluded that "It's a logical continuation of everything that made longtime listeners fall in love with their sound on 2019’s '' Somewhere City'' and 2021’s ''Gami Gang''—but even better. Heagy and Doherty are more in-sync with one another than ever before.

Track listing

Personnel

* Ryland Heagy – vocals, guitars, bass * Pat Doherty – drums

References

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