The Orwells: ‘I Let Loose For The First Time’

The Orwells’ live reputation precedes them. Even after just a handful of shows on this side of the Atlantic, they’re garnering attention as one of the most boisterous, ruckus-inducing new acts around.

Despite spending certain recent shows climbing onto rafters and crawling up the walls, It’s not always been that way for the Chicago five-piece, as the band’s guitarist Dominic Corso admits: ‘When we started out, [Mario] used the mic stand.’

‘It took me like fifteen shows to get rid of it,’ offers up frontman Mario Cuomo. ‘There was one show in a garage, in our suburb. It was a turning point. I realised that’s where I should go with it. It was just in some kid’s garage. Tom Peter’s garage. I let loose for the first time.

The feeling of shedding the stand bore a more important meaning than you might think: ‘There’s a freedom in having a microphone and being able to connect with the crowd and do whatever the fuck you want.’

Check out The Orwells’ ‘Who Needs You’ below.



Read the full interview in the December-January Class Of 2014 issue of DIY, available now. For more details click here.