Roy Moller

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Roy Moller
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Also known asRoy Møller
Born (1963-07-03) 3 July 1963 (age 59)
Edinburgh
Website roymoller.bandcamp.com

Roy Moller is a Scottish singer, songwriter and poet. He was born in Edinburgh in 1963; his parents were from Toronto in Canada, and he was adopted soon after birth. [1] His early musical influences included Elvis Presley, Joy Division, The Fall, Ivor Cutler and David Bowie. [2] He attended Trinity Academy, then moved to Glasgow where he studied English at the University of Strathclyde. [3] While there, he won the Keith Wright Poetry Competition. [4]

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Moller played in bands including Meth O.D. and The Wow Kafe. His first solo work was 2003's "Maximum Smile". [3] He has collaborated with Stevie Jackson from Belle and Sebastian [4] [5] [6] in a band called the Store Keys. [7] He played with Davy Henderson in the band Jesus, Baby! [3] When Marc Riley interviewed him on BBC Radio in 2011, he called Moller "Scotland's best-kept secret". [8]

In 2008, Moller had a son with wife Emma, named Peter. [9] In 2013, Moller moved to Dunbar. [4] In 2014 he took My Week Beats Your Year, his musical tribute to Lou Reed, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; [10] Gus Ironside called it "witty, mesmerising and highly poignant". [11] In the same year his poetry debut Imports was published by Appletree Writers Press, [12] and his album One Domino was called "intoxicating and compulsively habit-forming". [13]

Moller has been involved in the Dunbar CoastWord Festival, [14] and with Neu!Reekie! [3] [5] He contributed a poem to The Sea, a 2015 anthology to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. [15] Louder Than War called There's A Thousand Untold Stories (2016) "a tour de force of sparkling lo-fi gems". [16] In 2017 he performed Redemptions, an evening of poetry and song, with Paul Hullah and Martin Metcalfe, at the Scottish Poetry Library. [17] In 2019, Dionysia Press published Moller's poetry collection about his birth and adoption, "Be My Baby" [18] Later that year, he returned to music, by releasing a single, Semicolon with the Chain Pier Group. [19]

Moller's musical work has been compared to Julian Cope, Vic Godard, [20] and Iggy Pop. [7] He is dyspraxic, and believes his experience of dyspraxia has influenced his work. [2] [21]

He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. [22]

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References

  1. ↑ Blizzard, Christina (13 February 2016). "A mystery from the Toronto Telegram days". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Ironside, Gus (2 June 2014). "Louder Than War Interview: Roy Moller- Outsider Now!". Louder Than War . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Roy Moller". Stereogram Recordings. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Clarkson, John (25 August 2015). "Roy Moller - Interview". pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 Pollock, David (20 September 2012). "Preview: Neu! Reekie! at Summerhall, Edinburgh". The Scotsman . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Sung-an Lee, Ann (15 July 2015). "Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson - Bad Sounds Magazine" . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 McKay, Alastair. "New Albums: Roy Moller: One Domino". Uncut (August 2014): 76.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Roy Moller - Interview with Marc Riley". BBC Online . 4 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Clarkson, John. "Roy Moller - Interview". www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ↑ Awde, Nick. "Reviews of Edinburgh Festival 2014" . Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Ironside, Gus (19 August 2014). "My Week Beats Your Year: The Whole Works, Edinburgh – review of the Lou Reed inspired show". Louder Than War . Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Roy Moller: Imports". Edinburgh City of Literature. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Ironside, Gus (15 April 2014). "Roy Moller: One Domino – album review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival…". Scots Whay Hae!. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Sea". Rebel Poetry Ireland. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Ironside, Gus (27 July 2016). "Roy Moller: There's a Thousand Untold Stories- album review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Redemptions". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. ↑ Ironside, Gus (2 November 2019). "Roy Moller: Be My Baby". Louder Than War . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  19. ↑ Semicolon, 23 August 2019, retrieved 21 March 2023
  20. ↑ "Roy Moller". thebeautifulmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  21. ↑ "Roy Moller's Story". Dyspraxia Foundation USA. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "https://twitter.com/roypetermoller?lang=en-GB". Twitter. Retrieved 21 March 2023.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  23. ↑ "Roy Moller Discography at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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