Eight questions with Me and the Moon

We're proud and excited to be working with Guildford 3-piece Me and the Moon on back-to-back hometown single launch shows (tickets) next month for their new tune It's Alright. We caught up with the band to find a little more about their listening habits, recording process and what the future has in store for them - get reading below and keep an ear out for the new tune on 6th February.

1. First up, who are Me and The Moon?! How long have you been making music together?

Hey! So we are Tamara, Jonny and Alex. We've been playing as a 3 for about 2 years now which has flown by!

2. Tell us who influences you musically as a band and individually!

Jonny tends to listen to more jangly guitar stuff like Alvvays and Real Estate while Tamara is into more folk stuff like Matthew and The Atlas and Laura Marling. Alex leans more towards bands like Hey Rosetta and Mac DeMarco. But it all kind of crosses over and mostly we all really listen to the same stuff.. We're all big fans of Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals, Lucy Rose.

3. We adore your recent single ‘Standing Still’ - how did it feel to get that one out into the world, and how has the response been since the release?

Thank you so much, we were so excited to put it out as we feel its taken a new direction to some of our older stuff. Its been a super exciting time, the track got added to the Radio X playlist which was awesome and seemed to be really well received, and had lots of nice reviews from a few blogs which is great.

4. Your new single ‘It’s Alright’ is being released on 6th Feb - anything you can tell us about the writing or recording process for the track?

We've spent a lot of time on this track and we're really excited to releasing it! We've been experimenting a lot more with synths and samplers and adding new textures and sounds. Theres lots of harmonies and we feel like it really sums up sonically everything we want to sound like so we cant wait for everyone to hear it!

5. You’ve had to add a second hometown single launch show at The Star Inn in Guildford due to pretty immense demand for the first show. What can fans expect from the shows, and how do you prepare in the run up to a big gig?

We cant believe it! It's pretty overwhelming really how fast that sold out, We've spent the last 2 months really focussing on writing so we're going to be playing a lot of new songs which we cant wait to share with everyone. We're practising really hard working on the live sound. The dates are part of our tour to promote the new single and theres always something special about a hometown show so we're looking forward to these nights.

6. Who is your audience and how do you connect with fans - all the usual social media?! Any crazy, fun, exciting stories about your fans are very welcome!

Most of it is general social media really the usuals of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We get a lot of support from local radio and BBC Introducing which we're so grateful for that helps us reach new fans.

7. Describe your dream gig to us! Any venues that you’re desperate to play close to home or further afield? Perhaps there’s an artist you’d love to collaborate with on a show?

Its hard to say! Theres some cool big venues we’d love to play but smaller venues are so intimate. Theres a few festivals we’d love to get involved in though such as Latitude or Barn on the Farm.

8. Beyond the release of the single, what does 2018 hold for Me and The Moon? World domination, or perhaps an album is in the pipeline?

We haven't planned our world take over yet.. ahha No so we've got the single coming in February, and then we're doing some recording in spring so hopefully some new songs later on in the year. Our festival summer is starting to look busy which we're super excited for and then hopefully just lots of gigs and new songs is the aim for the year.