| Josh Weller | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joshua Brent Weller |
| Born | 29 January 1988 |
| Genres | Pop, soft rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, bass guitar, keyboards |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Website | www.myspace.com/joshweller |
Josh Weller (born Joshua Brent Weller; 29 January 1988) is a British singer-songwriter/pop singer from London.
Weller's first single "Pretty Girls" was released in 2008, followed by the "Push E.P" in 2009. Both releases sold out, with "Push E.P" (produced by Ryan Hadlock - The Gossip, Johnny Flynn) entering the UK independent singles at number 11.[1][2] Weller plays almost all of the instruments on his recordings, but members of Noisettes and Mumford and Sons have also played on his releases.[3] He idolizes Chet Baker, and his voice is often compared to that of Baker's.[4][5][6]
Weller has toured and played with Mumford and Sons [7], The Noisettes,[8] The Maccabees (Orlando Weeks, lead vocalist created Josh's 'trademark' Logo), Florence and The Machine, Born Ruffians [9], The XX, Johnny Flynn and Paloma Faith [10] since he began playing live in 2008. Weller describes his music as pop, and sites his influences as Chet Baker, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor and De La Soul.[6]
In 2009, Weller released the Christmas single "It's Christmas (And I Hate You)", a Christmas duet with Paloma Faith.[11] He also wrote two songs for Brazilian singer Cibelle's 2010 album Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel.[12]
Josh Weller is known for his 1940s attire, big hair and glasses. He has been photographed by both Rankin [13] [13] and Boy George.[14] [15]
In March 2010, Weller performed at the Gaymers Camden Crawl to a full venue, with a 200-strong queue into the street during his performance.[16] In July 2010 Weller began work on his first album with Renaud Letang (Feist, Peaches, Manu Chao, Jane Birkin) for release in 2012.[17]
In February 2011, Boy George guested with Weller at London's Jazz Cafe for HMV's Next Big Thing. [18][19]