Bandcamp: theorwellsmusic.bandcamp.com
Facebook: facebook.com/theorwellsband
Myspace: myspace.com/themonstertones
Twitter: twitter.com/TheOrwells

Director. Eddie O’KEEFE (eddieokeefe.com)
Producer. Matt MANDARINO
Cinematographer. Lane TEICHLER
Costume. Kaitlin JONGEBLOED
Special Thanks. Nick MATSAS

And the song of the year goes to my little brother, Baby Chuck (aka Matthew O’KEEFE)

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High school garage punks, The ORWELLS, are back with their third album in just as many years — “Remember When.” And you should download it . . . now.

Five delinquent suburban kids from Chicago who can’t legally buy a pack of smokes have crafted the best album of the year. Obviously my opinion is a little biased since my lil bro, Matthew (aka Baby Chuck), is a guitarist and songwriter in this outfit — but I think you’ll agree with my assessment even without blood ties. The ORWELLS’s music is alive and urgent and young. Honest. Songs about school shootings, loitering at the mall and laying in bed with girls — the fibers of adolescence.

These guys make The Black Keys look like an Instagram photo. Below are five of my favorite cuts:

“Lays At Rest”

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“Mallrats (La La La)”

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“Halloween All Year”

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“In My Bed”

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“Like No One Else”

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Someone, anyone — sign these little brats and make them the next Jonas Brothers. The zeitgeist is blazing through these ruffians and it isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Lana Del Rey watch your buzz band back.

PREVIOUSLY: The ORWELLS – Under The Flowers Video

Eddie O’KEEFE

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My little Bro.

Photo by Michael RUNION

My kid brother, Matt, and his garage punk band The ORWELLS, have just finished recording their first LP! It took them a few weekends and more than a couple trips to South Town in order to complete it, but it’s finally here in all its angsty ADD OCD SAT adolescent driver’s permit anxiety gloriousness. Of course, since I’m the older brother and I turn these little bastards onto all the cool things in life (like taking a band photo where one of them holds a gun), I got to hear it first; it’s incredible.

Below are two of my favorite tracks.

The Orwells – Head

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The Orwells – Psychopath

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Eddie O’KEEFE