Josh Weller is a British singer-songwriter/pop singer from London.

Career

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. Weller plays almost all of the instruments on his recordings, but members of Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

 and Mumford and Sons have also played on his releases. He idolizes Chet Baker

Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...

, and his voice is often compared to that of Baker's.

Weller has toured and played with Mumford and Sons, The Noisettes, The Maccabees

The Maccabees

The Maccabees are a indie rock band from Brighton, England. They have released two albums so far, Colour It In in 2007, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4 May 2009...

 (Orlando Weeks, lead vocalist created Josh's 'trademark' Logo), Florence and The Machine

Florence and the Machine

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, Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians

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, The XX

The xx

The xx are an English indie pop band, formed in London in 2005. The band's members met while studying at Elliott School, the same school that produced Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They became a trio when their second guitarist and keyboardist, Baria Qureshi, departed in late 2009. In September...

, Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit are an English folk rock band signed to Transgressive Records. They are fronted by Johnny Flynn , an actor, poet and songwriter who cites W.B. Yeats and Shakespeare among his influences...

 and Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

 since he began playing live in 2008. Weller describes his music as pop, and sites his influences as Chet Baker, Randy Newman

Randy Newman

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....

, Paul Simon

Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

, Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...

, Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...

 and De La Soul

De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...

.

In 2009, Weller released the Christmas single "It's Christmas (And I Hate You)", a Christmas duet with Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

. He also wrote two songs for Brazilian singer Cibelle

Cibelle

Cibelle is a multi-media performance artist, singer-songwriter and music producer. Cibelle’s music is difficult to classify; she has been called a self-styled purveyor of “Tropical Punk”.-Biography:...

's 2010 album Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel.

Josh Weller is known for his 1940s attire, big hair and glasses. He has been photographed by both Rankin and Boy George

Boy George

Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...

.

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. In July 2010 Weller began work on his first album with Renaud Letang (Feist, Peaches, Manu Chao, Jane Birkin) for release in 2012.

In February 2011, Boy George guested with Weller at London's Jazz Cafe for HMV's Next Big Thing.

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