Emma-Lee Moss known by her stage name Emmy the Great, is a London

London

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-based singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. She has released two albums, First Love

First Love (Emmy the Great album)

First Love is the first studio album from the London singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss, better known by her stage name Emmy the Great. It was released on 9 February 2009 on the UK-based indie label Close Harbour Records.-Background:...

and Virtue

Virtue (Emmy the Great album)

Virtue is the second album by London singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss — better known by her stage name Emmy the Great — and was released on June 13th, 2011. It has been described as "meticulous and atmospheric" and has been praised for its poetic writing style....

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Moss was born in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 to an English

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 father and a Chinese

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 mother. Interested in music from a young age, she used to go by train to her nearest Tower Records

Tower Records

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 shop so that she could buy the only non-Chinese music they had and, as a result, she developed a liking for bands such as Weezer

Weezer

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, The Smashing Pumpkins

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The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...

 and The Lemonheads

The Lemonheads

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