The Orwells Announce New Album “Terrible Human Beings”; Share Video For “They Put A Body In The Bayou”

By: Staff –

Today, The Orwells are excited to announce their third record, Terrible Human Beings, out February 17th, 2017 via Canvasback Music. Alongside the announcement, they’re sharing a new song and video, “They Put a Body In The Bayou.” Watch it below.

The video features the band acting as secret service to a degenerate politician who perhaps don’t have his best interests at heart. As for their new album on the whole, “mutilated pop songs” is how The Orwells describe it. For Terrible Human Beings, singer Mario Cuomo says, “we wanted to make songs that at their core are catchy and pretty, then slash them up.”

Recorded over the course of a month at Chicago’s Electrical Audio, Terrible Human Beingswas produced by Jim Abbiss (Artic Monkeys, Adele), with whom The Orwells had worked on a couple of Disgraceland’s best tunes. Of the recording process, guitarist Matt O’Keefe says,“The Pixies were an obsession when we were writing this album. I think that’s where a lot of trying to make the songs and the guitar parts very simple was coming from, because the Pixies are kings of that. We’ve always been a simple band, but this time it was about trying to keep everything straightforward, nothing flashy.”

Terrible Human Beings Track-List 
1. They Put a Body In the Bayou
2. Fry
3. Creatures
4. Vacation
5. Black Francis
6. M.A.D.
7. Buddy
8. Hippie Soldier
9. Heavy Head
10. Body Reprise
11. Ring Pop
12. Last Call
13. Double Feature

The Orwells begin their tour of intimate venues across the US next week. Throughout the tour The Orwells will be supporting the work of Off The Street Club, Chicago’s oldest boys and girls club. Located in West Garfield Park, more than 3,000 kids participate in afterschool programs, tutoring and mentorship opportunities. A portion of the proceeds from both tickets and merch from the whole tour will go towards Off The Street Club.  For more information about how to get involved with Off The Street find them at www.offthestreetclub.com. The following is a statement from The Orwells about why this particular program is near and dear to their hearts.

The Orwells 2016 Tour Dates 
Tue. Nov. 1 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Wed. Nov. 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. Nov. 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts – Black Box
Sat. Nov. 5 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
Tue. Nov. 15 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Wed. Nov. 16 – Portland, OR @ Star Theater
Fri. Nov. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Sat. Nov. 19 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
Sun. Nov. 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Resident
Mon. Nov. 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell
Tue. Nov. 29 – Leeds, UK @ The Wardrobe
Wed. Nov. 30 – London, UK @ The Dome