Orlando Weeks is set to release a new album titled '
LOJA', available digitally from June 6th, with physical formats set to arrive on August 23rd via Fiction Records.
'LOJA' is introduced by the lead single 'Dig', featuring Rhian Teasdale of
Wet Leg, accompanied by a video directed by Matt Harris-Freeth.
Orlando describes 'Dig' as an “under your breath half-argument, the kind that only ever happens in public.” He explains it as a kind of disagreement that oscillates between an emotional outpouring and an exposed internal monologue. “‘Dig’ is a tit for tat exchange," he continues, "where long worn-out promises are remade and road weary offences retaken"
The album 'LOJA' encapsulates a significant move from London to Lisbon, reflecting a shift in Orlando's life and music. "The great change in our lives was that we left London and moved to Lisbon," he explains, "and the record definitely has elements of being a love letter to the place that we now call home. But I think the move provided a stirring of the waters. It threw up an awful lot of stuff and it gave us perspective and hindsight because suddenly there was distance. You can re-evaluate the things you were too close to, those things that there was no point spending time thinking about because it was the day-to-day bubble you were in.”
