Interview The Big Moon: “I had to turn off my emails because I was freaking out”

“We’re not wasting time / I’m with you for life,” sings The Big Moon leader Juliette Jackson on her band’s debut single, ‘Sucker’. It’s a neat, fitting mantra for the group’s first steps. Two songs to the good, the London four-piece capture timelessness in a way few newcomers achieve. Faster than lunar patterns tend to change, they’ve swiftly become a huge prospect.

Back in February and initially going by the name The Moon (presumably they added a ‘Big’ because they’re going to be massive), debut track ‘Eureka Moment’ flew into the spotlight. “It’s a good song to put out first because we’re like ‘“Kaboom! Eureka! The Big Moon’s here!’” jokes Jackson. “It’s choppy, weird - it’s so silly.”

The response was instant - and a bit overwhelming. “I had to turn off my emails because I was freaking out a bit. Having a little bit of a panic attack,” says Jackson. “It was two days of people saying ‘Who are you? Where have you come from? Do you need a manager? Do you need someone to do your hair and make-up?’”

Day one of being a band and they were getting hair and make-up offers? “It’s like ‘What, do you think we look ugly?’” pipes in bassist Celia Archer. “But I suppose if you’re a make-up artist, that’s kind of your way to do it. It’s not cool, but they’re gonna jump on a female band,” says guitarist Soph Nathan, who also plays in Neu favourites Our Girl.