Orwells

Orwells may refer to more than one use of the name. The most prominent is The Orwells, an American garage rock band from the Chicago metropolitan area formed in 2009 in Elmhurst, Illinois. They gained attention in the early 2010s for a raw, high-energy sound influenced by 1960s garage rock and punk. The band signed with Atlantic Records in 2013 and released the studio album Disgrace in 2014. Their work often centers on themes of adolescence and social observation, and they have been associated with the garage rock revival of that era. The group has toured nationally and internationally and appeared at several music festivals.

Orwells can also be a surname. It is relatively rare and is not widely documented in major reference sources, making notable individuals with this surname less prominent in standard reference works.

The spelling Orwells is sometimes confused with Orwell, the surname of the English writer Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell. The two terms are distinct and refer to different names, with Orwells most commonly connected to the band or used as a family name in rare cases.