Moon Bride

Indie-pop artist, Moon Bride (formerly Carly Taich), writes about doubt, faith, fear and love in a way that’s anything but cliche. Framing her self-aware lyrics with cinematic orchestration and unusual melodies that take us to another dimension, there is a storybook mysticism to all Moon Bride touches, with one foot planted in this reality. The paradox between the two worlds often leaves listeners wondering if she is inviting us into a dream or shaking us awake.

A multi-award winning songwriter, Moon Bride is known in her hometown of Asheville, NC and beyond. Her 2020 EP, It Tends to Glow was featured by NPR and American Songwriter. Blurt Magazine named her debut 2017 record, Reverie, “a start-to-finish, no-filler/all-killer gem—a veritable calling card to greatness if enough ears find it.”

In December 2022, Moon Bride crowd-funded her sophomore album with the help of over 100 patrons. With her eccentric personality and skill set, has come opportunities for exploration beyond what’s expected of a singer-songwriter. Operating as a one-woman record label, as she puts it, Moon Bride is an indie artist in the truest sense of the word, and proud of it.

Moon Bride’s 2024 LP, Insomnie, “explores the deep and nervy recesses of creativity, loneliness, insecurity, and self-discovery [Newsong Music].” The eclectic 12-song album weaves through genres and time periods, refusing to be pinned down. Its premiere track answers our quandary in the most forthright way: “Rise up, rise up, why are you sleeping?”