Chattanooga Times Free Press entertainment reporter Casey Phillips spoke with Justin Wilcox, vocalist/keyboardist with the local indie alt-rock band Moonlight Bride about changing the band’s name, going off the road to record and how the “Metroid” video games inspired their new material.
Casey Phillips: I heard a rumor you guys were considering a name change. Is that true?
Justin Wilcox: (Laughs.) Yeah, we have. We’ve been considering it. It’s not official right now. We’ve just been talking about it. We’ve wanted to change it for a very long time. We almost changed it for our last album. It’s a big step, and we don’t want to alienate any fans, but we just want something we’re all comfortable with. We picked the name a long time ago when our sound was different, and we feel like we’ve grown into something that the name doesn’t represent like it used to.
CP: Are there any finalists you’ve narrowed it down to yet?
JW: Not yet. It’s really difficult. We’ve come up with some stuff, but a lot of things are taken. It’s like everything you come up with, you’re like, “Oh, that’s perfect, that’s perfect,” and it’s taken. We’ve got nothing definite yet, but we are looking. I’ll say we don’t hate the name, but we are looking around.