# Roy Moller

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

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](/source/Stevie_Jackson) from [Belle and Sebastian](/source/Belle_and_Sebastian)[4][5][6] in a band called the Store Keys.[7] He played with [Davy Henderson](/source/Davy_Henderson) in the band Jesus, Baby![3] When [Marc Riley](/source/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](/source/Dunbar).[4] In 2014 he took *My Week Beats Your Year*, his musical tribute to [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed), to the [Edinburgh Festival Fringe](/source/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!](/source/Neu!Reekie!)[3][5] He contributed a poem to *The Sea*, a 2015 anthology to raise funds for the [Royal National Lifeboat Institution](/source/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution).[15] *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))* 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](/source/Paul_Hullah) and [Martin Metcalfe](/source/Martin_Metcalfe), at the [Scottish Poetry Library](/source/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](/source/Julian_Cope), [Vic Godard](/source/Vic_Godard),[20] and [Iggy Pop](/source/Iggy_Pop).[7] He is [dyspraxic](/source/Developmental_coordination_disorder), and believes his experience of dyspraxia has influenced his work.[2][21]

He is a supporter of [Tottenham Hotspur F.C.](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.)[22]

## Discography

- *Speak When I'm Spoken To* (2006)
- *Playing Songs No One's Listening To* (2011)
- *The Singing's Getting Better* (with Sporting Hero, 2012)
- *One Domino* (2014)
- *My Week Beats Your Year* (2014)
- *There's A Thousand Untold Stories* (2016)[23]
- *There's A Thousand More Untold Stories* (2016)

## References

1. Blizzard, Christina (13 February 2016). ["A mystery from the Toronto Telegram days"](https://torontosun.com/2016/02/13/a-mystery-from-the-toronto-telegram-days/wcm/e69978b8-4613-4faa-936a-55820a84e6fc). *Toronto Sun*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Ironside, Gus (2 June 2014). ["Louder Than War Interview: Roy Moller- Outsider Now!"](https://louderthanwar.com/louder-than-war-interview-roy-moller-outsider-now/). *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. ["Roy Moller"](http://www.stereogramrecordings.co.uk/artists/roy-moller/). Stereogram Recordings. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Clarkson, John (25 August 2015). ["Roy Moller - Interview"](http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/article/7989/Roy-Moller-Interview). pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Pollock, David (20 September 2012). ["Preview: Neu! Reekie! at Summerhall, Edinburgh"](https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/preview-neu-reekie-at-summerhall-edinburgh-1-2536807/amp). *[The Scotsman](/source/The_Scotsman)*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Sung-an Lee, Ann (15 July 2015). ["Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson - Bad Sounds Magazine"](http://badsoundsmagazine.com/2012/07/belle-sebastians-stevie-jackson/). Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. McKay, Alastair. "New Albums: Roy Moller: One Domino". *[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))*. '***(August 2014): 76.***

1. ["BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Roy Moller - Interview with Marc Riley"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kqny0). *[BBC Online](/source/BBC_Online)*. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Clarkson, John. ["Roy Moller - Interview"](http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=25736). *www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk*. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

1. Awde, Nick. ["Reviews of Edinburgh Festival 2014"](http://www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk/reviews/edinburgh2014-2.htm). Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Ironside, Gus (19 August 2014). ["My Week Beats Your Year: The Whole Works, Edinburgh – review of the Lou Reed inspired show"](https://louderthanwar.com/my-week-beats-your-year-the-whole-works-edinburgh-review-of-the-lou-reed-inspired-show/). *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))*. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

1. ["Roy Moller: Imports"](http://www.cityofliterature.com/event/roy-moller-imports/). *Edinburgh City of Literature*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Ironside, Gus (15 April 2014). ["Roy Moller: One Domino – album review"](https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-one-domino-album-review/). *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))*. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

1. ["Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival…"](https://scotswhayhae.com/2016/05/19/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.

1. ["The Sea"](http://www.rebelpoetryireland.com/the-sea). *Rebel Poetry Ireland*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Ironside, Gus (27 July 2016). ["Roy Moller: There's a Thousand Untold Stories- album review"](https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-theres-a-thousand-untold-stories-album-review/). *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))*. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

1. ["Redemptions"](http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/redemptions). Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. Ironside, Gus (2 November 2019). ["Roy Moller: Be My Baby"](https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-be-my-baby-book-review/). *[Louder Than War](/source/Louder_Than_War_(website))*. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

1. ["Semicolon"](https://open.spotify.com/track/6KrpSIAfMsZqTdQk23qwXR), 2019-08-23, retrieved 2023-03-21

1. ["Roy Moller"](http://thebeautifulmusic.com/the-bands/roy-moller/). thebeautifulmusic.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. ["Roy Moller's Story"](http://www.dyspraxiausa.org/stories/roy-mollers-story/). Dyspraxia Foundation USA. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

1. ["roypetermoller?lang=en-GB"](https://twitter.com/roypetermoller?lang=en-GB). *Twitter*. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

1. ["Roy Moller Discography at Discogs"](https://www.discogs.com/artist/253959-Roy-Moller). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

## External links

- [BBC artist page](https://web.archive.org/web/20180921065158/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d0d41977-55ea-42a0-bcc0-e21f870c62e4)
- [ThokeiTapes](https://thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/)

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