Rob Moir is headed west on tour in support of his first CD release, a trip which includes a Feb. 10, stop at 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer in Yorkton.
Moir said he grew up with music, and found a fascination with it at an early age.
"My parents were both music teachers and they started bringing music equipment home for the summer," he said. "I'll never forget the first time I blared through a distorted guitar amp, and sang through a microphone at the same time. I had created something louder than my own voice, and it was just the coolest feeling. I began writing songs shortly after, and have been the principal songwriter for every band I was in ever since then."
From that time forward Moir said he found varied musical influences.
"I used to love early Green Day and bands like Jawbreaker," he said. "From there I got much more into the bands that influenced them, like The Replacements and Husker Du. I love good song writing and artists that take chances, that's anyone from Neil Young to Frank Turner.
"I feel that my music is honest and sincere. My lyrics to me are funny is in this subtle way, and very tongue in cheek in a poetic way. I'd say fans of bands like The Weakerthans or Whiskeytown would dig it."
Moir is actually an experienced musician, but new to his current path in the business.
"I feel very lucky that I've been able to tour across Canada, US, UK & Europe with my previous bands (including Dead Letter Dept.)," he said. "This is my first tour as a solo artist, I'm looking forward to 小蓝视频 on stage again every night and making new friends."
Moir was born in, and remains a resident of Toronto, something he mentions with a grin."I was born and raised in Toronto, which is a rarity apparently," he said. "Everyone I know is from somewhere else. I suppose someone has to be born here."
Moir's new CD is something which draws on music he has had in his knapsack for a while.
"Believe it or not, I wrote most of the songs for this record while I was cycling the back roads of Europe in 2008," he said. "If it sounds very romantic, it was. I took a break from song writing but it followed me. Whenever I'd get to someone's apartment who had a guitar, I would start to work out what I had going on in my head and it just came out in this great way.
"By the beginning of 2009 we were recording the record and finished in the summer of 2010."The disk actually came about as a finished product almost by accident.
"We made this record a little by accident as we were intending to do some demos, however the end results sounded really great so we decided to release it," he said. "I think live it's a lot more raw and the energy is certainly amped up. We really didn't see the fuss in trying to make it sound more 'indie' or experiment too much. I felt the clean and upfront style served the songs better, which is funny, because I usually feel the opposite."
While the CD just sort of happened Moir is still pleased with the final result.
"I'm very happy with the record. I truly feel that this was my best material at the time, and we made the best recording within our means," he said. "It surprises me even to this day about how great it came out. ''
"My song writing when I was a teenager and into my twenties always seemed too fast in hindsight. This record has a good pace and doesn't drag," said Moir.
The first single is This Is The Lie.
