Orca Orca: The Shallows (2014)

Dream-Pop

Orca Orca: Tidals (2013)

Orca Orca: Remnants (Ep, 2012)

"During an extremely brief hiatus this summer, I found myself back in my room writing songs again for the first time since February. For “Swan Song”, I took a couple days off work and headed down to the suburbs to watch my parents house while they were away and recorded some guitars in their living room. A few weeks later I recorded “South Carolina” in a practice space in Allston during the smoke breaks of the hardcore band in the room next door. The result is a two song EP I’ve titled Remnants and the songs may sound a little different from one another" (Bandcamp)

Orca Orca: Make live (2012)

Orca Orca es un buen ejemplo de Bedroom-Pop de suaves melodías, juegos vocales y buenas composiciones.

Orca Orca: Say so (Single, 2012)

"Orca Orca may sound like a full band, but in reality, the indie dream-pop sounds that you’ll hear on the band’s debut “Make Live” come from just one man: Boston’s Jim Hewitt. In two years, 23-year-old Hewitt has generated some buzz around his city, producing indie dream-pop from the comfort of his Allston apartment. Although Hewitt released a few demos (“Imago Demos“) under the name Young Minds, (he changed the band’s name because there were too many bands with Young in the name) the self-released “Make Live” is the first professional offering from the young Bostonian. Highlights of the six-song EP are the lead track “Say So”, a cool, punchy number that showcases Hewitt’s lo-fi surf guitar skills and love for back-beat drums. “Holding On” is also especially notable, as are Hewitt’s vocal lines throughout – simple and catchy. “It’s all bullshit anyway, cuz you’re so full of it anyway,” he dreamily sings over a synthetic drum beat and clean guitar lines on the track. But it’s not really about attaining pop perfection for Hewitt. “For the most part, the recording process is really quick and each take is done in one or two takes,” he says. “There’s a handful of times where I’ve kept in some minor mistakes on the recordings. I kind of feel like there’s a tiny bit of genuineness that gets taken away each time you re-do a vocal part or a guitar part or something so I try and capture the intial feeling that’s there in the first takes.” If you’re into haunted pop melodies and hipster cool, Orca Orca is your man, as demonstrated on tracks like the very short and slightly synthy “Homes” and album closer “Designated Driver”. Orca Orca provides a musical soundtrack that recalls late nights, moving into early mornings, driving around the city looking for something that you can’t remember. Now that “Make Live” is finally out, Hewitt has upped his live show, adding a drummer, bassist and additional guitarist to flesh out the sound he captured on tape. “The live show is pretty different than from what you hear on record,” Hewitt says. “I started Orca Orca as a project to release my solo material but soon realized that playing shows by myself with a guitar and a drum machine was not really the greatest way to represent the songs in a live setting.” Now, he says, Orca Orca plays as a four-piece with Hewitt’s friends Justin and Darin on bass and guitar, and cousin Tom on drums. “It’s been a lot of fun re-imagining the songs with them over the past few months,” he says. You can download ”Say So” below, or even buy a newly released limited edition, hand- painted cassette tape from the man himself via his Bandcamp" (listenbeforeyoubuy.net)

Orca Orca: Underground (Single, 2012)

"Underground” is the first single off the next Orca Orca release entitled Make Live. It’s a redux-version of a demo that was released in November 2010 and has undergone a few changes in the live setting this year that I wanted to capture on record." (Bandcamp)

Orca Orca: Change of pace (7", 2011)

"Almost a year ago Allston, Massachusetts-based artist Jim Hewitt released a set of five songs called Imago Demos under the name Young Minds. After months of listening to the mysterious project, I finally got a chance to meet up with Jim and see him play live, back in April, in front of a crowd of made up in part by his friends and roommates on Easter. After he played through his set we talked about how he really wasn’t into his project’s name, but that it kind of just happened so he went along with it and was thinking about switching it up in the future. He also mentioned a new song of his that he played for the first time live that night (he strummed the hell out of his guitar in the process and it ended up the worse for wear). Jim had only just “released” the jam, called ‘Change of Pace’, subtly on his bandcamp page a few weeks before the show. He admitted that he kind of regretted uploading it, but that since he hadn’t come up with anything since his first set of demos he couldn’t wait to share it, even if he later wished he’d waited and mastered the hell out of it.
Now months later, and after several reassuring emails telling me that there was more on the way, he’s back with a new set of songs— and a new name: Orca Orca. His first release under the new name, the Change of Pace 7”, is available for free download over at his bandcamp. It includes a new recording of his song ‘Change of Pace’, that he mastered stuck in traffic while driving home from work this summer, and a new song ‘Get Up (Get Out).’ Make sure stay on the look out for more from Orca Orca in the next few months" (Heard: escucharemos.com)

Orca Orca - Get Up (Get Out)
Orca Orca - Change of Pace
Orca Orca - introduction (bonus track)