Gymshorts street-level love letter to The Big Apple rips on punky "Heaps New York"
Like Ramones said, “New York City really has it all,” and for native NYers, transplants, and urban romantics alike The Big Apple stands tall as arguably the greatest city on Earth, a boundless wellspring of creativity, ingenuity, and promise. In the grand tradition of celebrating New York’s bonafides in story and song, Gymshorts unleash a pogoing blast of punky energy that revels in the magnetic allure of big city life with a streetwise perspective.
In true Gymshorts fashion jagged, warp speed riffs and maniac percussion bump and shuffle in a high octane mosh with rubberband basslines, rolling and tumbling their way towards a chugging breakdown that winds tighter and tighter before exploding outwards in all directions like a bundle of springs unleashed into a padded room, a burst of helter-skelter projectiles that effortlessly capture the perpetually unpredictable momentum of the City That Never Sleeps. Blasting off a laundry list authentic New York experiences, Gymshorts juxtaposes highbrow institutions like The Met with the ubiquitous presence of corner bodegas, standing up each as equally essential pillars of the New York experience, fueled by a buffet of quintessential cuisine from an exquisitely folded New York slice to the singularly satisfying bacon egg and cheese.
Gymshorts leads a whirlwind tour of New York’s most iconic destinations in the accompanying video, visiting Times Square, Zabar’s, Citi Field (let’s go, Mets go!) and beyond while making pit stops at every deli, diner, and graffiti scrawled bench in between, capturing a street-level view of the City’s multifaceted essence in a way that only a resident can, embracing the grit and grime in equal measure to the glitz and glamour. Joined by esteemed Brooklyn comedian Shane Torres and featuring a cameo with scruffy Sunshine Coast punks The Chats, “Heaps New York” perfectly encapsulates the extraordinary chaos of living in the City and highlights a deeply rooted affinity for the Five Burroughs that spans the globe and beckons countless souls to come and chase their dreams.
“Heaps New York” is on Gymshorts’ next LP, That’s A Lot Of Milk!, coming in 2026. Preorder the record at Bandcamp and follow Gymshorts on Instagram for the latest.