Orlando Weeks

About Orlando Weeks

From his influential time with The Maccabees to the multi-faceted ‘Gritterman’ story and two highly acclaimed solo albums, Orlando Weeks has carved a niche as one of the UK’s most singular talents. New album ‘LOJA’ simmers with an engaging, organic warmth derived primarily from members of Orlando’s live band (Sami El-Enany, William Doyle, Alexander Painter and Luca Caruso), yet it also benefits from an array of nuanced details that, on first listen, hide stealthily in plain sight before revealing themselves with repeated listens. ‘LOJA’ (meaning a shop or a store) is named after the building that Orlando made a home-from-home as his art studio in Lisbon, a place where he crafted all of the art that accompanies the album.