Roy Moller

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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.{{cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/2016/02/13/a-mystery-from-the-toronto-telegram-days/wcm/e69978b8-4613-4faa-936a-55820a84e6fc|title=A mystery from the Toronto Telegram days|last=Blizzard|first=Christina|date=13 February 2016|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=15 July 2018}} His early musical influences included Elvis Presley, Joy Division, The Fall, Ivor Cutler and David Bowie.{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/louder-than-war-interview-roy-moller-outsider-now/|title=Louder Than War Interview: Roy Moller- Outsider Now!|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=2 June 2014|work=Louder Than War|access-date=15 July 2018}} He attended Trinity Academy, then moved to Glasgow where he studied English at the University of Strathclyde.{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogramrecordings.co.uk/artists/roy-moller/|title=Roy Moller|publisher=Stereogram Recordings|access-date=15 July 2018}} While there, he won the Keith Wright Poetry Competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/magsitepages/article/7989/Roy-Moller-Interview|title=Roy Moller - Interview|last=Clarkson|first=John|date=25 August 2015|publisher=pennyblackmusic.co.uk|access-date=15 July 2018}}

Moller played in bands including Meth O.D. and The Wow Kafe. His first solo work was 2003's "Maximum Smile". He has collaborated with Stevie Jackson from Belle and Sebastian{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/preview-neu-reekie-at-summerhall-edinburgh-1-2536807/amp|title=Preview: Neu! Reekie! at Summerhall, Edinburgh|last=Pollock|first=David|date=20 September 2012|work=The Scotsman|access-date=15 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://badsoundsmagazine.com/2012/07/belle-sebastians-stevie-jackson/|title=Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson - Bad Sounds Magazine |last=Sung-an Lee|first=Ann|date=15 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2018}} in a band called the Store Keys.{{cite journal|last=McKay|first=Alastair|journal=Uncut|issue=August 2014|title=New Albums: Roy Moller: One Domino|page=76}} He played with Davy Henderson in the band Jesus, Baby! When Marc Riley interviewed him on BBC Radio in 2011, he called Moller "Scotland's best-kept secret".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kqny0|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Roy Moller - Interview with Marc Riley|date=4 October 2011|work=BBC Online|access-date=15 July 2018}}

In 2008, Moller had a son with wife Emma, named Peter.{{Cite web |last=Clarkson |first=John |title=Roy Moller - Interview |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=25736 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk |language=en}} In 2013, Moller moved to Dunbar. In 2014 he took My Week Beats Your Year, his musical tribute to Lou Reed, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe;{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk/reviews/edinburgh2014-2.htm|title=Reviews of Edinburgh Festival 2014|last=Awde|first=Nick|access-date=15 July 2018}} Gus Ironside called it "witty, mesmerising and highly poignant".{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/my-week-beats-your-year-the-whole-works-edinburgh-review-of-the-lou-reed-inspired-show/|title=My Week Beats Your Year: The Whole Works, Edinburgh – review of the Lou Reed inspired show|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=19 August 2014|work=Louder Than War|access-date=16 July 2018}} In the same year his poetry debut Imports was published by Appletree Writers Press,{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofliterature.com/event/roy-moller-imports/|title=Roy Moller: Imports|work=Edinburgh City of Literature|access-date=15 July 2018}} and his album One Domino was called "intoxicating and compulsively habit-forming".{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-one-domino-album-review/|title=Roy Moller: One Domino – album review|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=15 April 2014|work=Louder Than War|access-date=16 July 2018}}

Moller has been involved in the Dunbar CoastWord Festival,{{cite web|url=https://scotswhayhae.com/2016/05/19/not-burns-dunbar-the-swh-podcast-talks-to-roy-moller-about-the-dunbar-coastword-festival/|title=Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival… |date=19 May 2016|work=Scots Whay Hae!|access-date=15 July 2018}} and with Neu!Reekie! He contributed a poem to The Sea, a 2015 anthology to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.{{cite web|url=http://www.rebelpoetryireland.com/the-sea|title=The Sea|work=Rebel Poetry Ireland|access-date=15 July 2018}} Louder Than War called There's A Thousand Untold Stories (2016) "a tour de force of sparkling lo-fi gems".{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-theres-a-thousand-untold-stories-album-review/|title=Roy Moller: There's a Thousand Untold Stories- album review|work=Louder Than War|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=27 July 2016|access-date=16 July 2018}} In 2017 he performed Redemptions, an evening of poetry and song, with Paul Hullah and Martin Metcalfe, at the Scottish Poetry Library.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/events/redemptions|title=Redemptions|publisher=Scottish Poetry Library|access-date=15 July 2018}}

In 2019, Dionysia Press published Moller's poetry collection about his birth and adoption, "Be My Baby" {{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/roy-moller-be-my-baby-book-review/ |title=Roy Moller: Be My Baby|work=Louder Than War|last=Ironside|first=Gus|date=2 November 2019|access-date=22 April 2020}} Later that year, he returned to music, by releasing a single, Semicolon with the Chain Pier Group.{{Citation |title=Semicolon |date=2019-08-23 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6KrpSIAfMsZqTdQk23qwXR |access-date=2023-03-21 |language=en}}

Moller's musical work has been compared to Julian Cope, Vic Godard,{{cite web|url=http://thebeautifulmusic.com/the-bands/roy-moller/|title=Roy Moller|publisher=thebeautifulmusic.com|access-date=15 July 2018}} and Iggy Pop. He is dyspraxic, and believes his experience of dyspraxia has influenced his work.{{cite web|url=http://www.dyspraxiausa.org/stories/roy-mollers-story/|title=Roy Moller's Story|publisher=Dyspraxia Foundation USA|access-date=15 July 2018}}

He is a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.{{Cite web |title=roypetermoller?lang=en-GB |url=https://twitter.com/roypetermoller?lang=en-GB |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Twitter |language=en-GB}}