‘Terrible Human Beings’ is now out there for the world to hear. The Orwells themselves spoke to us about the creative process behind the album along with discussing the UK scene to the US.
‘Terrible Human Beings’, is set to be released 3 years since your 2014 LP, ‘Disgraceland’. What have you been up in this 3 year break?
We recorded ‘THB’ three times in a row, so that took a good amount of time. But also the Disgraceland album cycle left us at a very different point in our lives collectively so we also had to spend time settling into what would be our career for years to come, which takes adjustment.
Your soon-to-be released album, ‘Terrible Human Beings’, comes as the 3rd studio album. What sets the album apart from all the other material you have released?
I would say this album is different because I think it’s the first time we were actual relatively adults making music rather than teenagers f*cking around.
From February 20th until June 7th you have 46 live dates confirmed. What is the greatest aspect of being on tour?
I’d say the best thing about touring, at least overseas, is learning about different languages and cultures and what people think about Americans. We’ve been all around America at least four times now so it’s gotten repetitive at this point, but it’s always a good time revisiting towns and venues that have always been good to us.
Many bands have little traditions or memories that they associate with being on tour, have you obtained any over the years?
Many, but I’m unfortunately not at liberty to divulge that information. But yeah, lots of Cleveland vibes.
In today’s music society, we consume music in many ways, Streaming, Downloading, CD’s, Vinyl, Live Performances. Please could you rank these in order of importance to you and explain the reasons?
Sorry this one is a little much for me. Music is whatever you want it to be, and it matters very little to me how it is consumed, so long as it’s enjoyable.
I spoke with you in 2014 and you said that you think you may be bigger in the UK than you are in the US. How is it going now? Are you focused more on one of them in particular?
Looking back now, I think it’s entirely presumptuous to compare how “big” you are in different places in the world. America is comparatively gigantic to the UK in population and landmass. So, who is anyone to say how relatively popular you are in any given region of each country and how important you are to those fans respectively? That being said it’s far easier for us to sell out shows in the UK I think simply because the culture is more concentrated and homogenous. Although, I don’t care how big we are so long as we can survive and people come to our shows and enjoy it.
