Back in October, The Orwells, announced Terrible Human Beings, their long-awaited follow-up to their 2014 breakthrough album, Disgraceland. Since then, we’ve heard opening track “They Put a Body In the Bayou” and their ode to one-night stands in “Buddy”. Now, they’re back with something quite substantial: a seven-minute, sprawling closing track titled, “Double Feature”.

“‘Double Feature’ is like one of those stories that got passed around in email chains and AOL message boards a decade ago,” writes guitarist Matt O’Keefe in a press release. “You know, that kind of shit about having to send it to five more people or something will crawl outta the ground in your back yard and you’ll find the family dog at the bottom of the pool with the neon diving sticks or something. Chain mail – what a buncha junk! We made the end of the song a chain, it just keeps going and going, wrapping itself around and then coming back up again. We’re real fond of it.”



If you can relate, and dedicate a little under 10 minutes of your time today, listen above. If you dig, check ’em out when they hit the road next Spring and Summer in support. Check out all of their tour dates below.

Terrible Human Beings hits stores February 17th on Canvasback Music.

Terrible Human Beings Tracklist:

01. They Put a Body In the Bayou

02. Fry

03. Creatures

04. Vacation

05. Black Francis

06. M.A.D.

07. Buddy

08. Hippie Soldier

09. Heavy Head

10. Body Reprise

11. Ring Pop

12. Last Call

13. Double Feature

The Orwells 2017 Tour Dates:

02/20 – Munich, DL @ Strom

02/21 – Berlin, DL @ Musik & Frieden

02/22 – Cologne, DL @ Luxor

02/23 – Utrecht, NL @ Den Helling

02/24 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord

02/25 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Rotonde

02/27 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere

03/01 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo

03/02 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hound

03/03 – Brighton, UK @ Haunt

03/04 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla

03/05 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla

03/07 – London, UK @ Scala

03/16 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

03/17 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

03/18 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock

03/20 – Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar

03/22 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre

03/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court Gallery

03/27 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers

03/28 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

03/29 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

03/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent

03/31 – San Diego, CA @ The Irenic

04/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

04/04 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace

04/06 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s

04/07 – Houston, TX @ The Secret Group

04/08 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

04/09 – Norman, OK @ Opolis

04/10 – St. Louis, MO @ Ready Bar

05/17 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar

05/18 – Detroit, MI @ El Club

05/19 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

05/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater

05/22 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club

05/23 – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz PDB

05/24 – Albany, NY @ The Hollow

05/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

05/27 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat

05/28 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar

05/31 – Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom at the Outer Space

06/02 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

06/06 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle

06/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West