Arriving in less than a month’s time, MOTHICA’s new Somewhere In Between EP is a “freeing” release: “The lyrics are the most vulnerable and poetic I’ve ever written…”
MOTHICA has announced a brand-new EP, Somewhere In Between.
Consisting of five tracks – November 2025 single Evergreen Misery, plus WEAPON, Save Your Roses, BULLET and Somewhere In Between – the release is due out on February 20 via SharpTone, and follows a difficult period for the artist born McKenzie Ellis: “I made the terrifying decision to cancel my first-ever headline tour and went to rehab,” she explains. “A lot of intense emotions I had been numbing came up. I thought about quitting music because the anxieties around traveling and the industry is what lead me back to substance abuse. I was mad at myself for letting it go that far. Finally, I thought, ‘Why don’t I channel these feelings into some angry music?’ I’ve always wanted to combine pop songwriting with grittier, heavier guitars.
“Due to my depression and being a recovering addict, I’m so ‘all or nothing’. Everything seems fatalistic to me,” she continues. “How do I exist in the middle? While making the EP, I had just gotten out of rehab, and I was able to be vulnerable. A lot of the words were initially written as poetry on my phone, and the lyrics are the most vulnerable and poetic I’ve ever written. I’m dealing with my struggle to get sober again, my first major breakup, and other significant life events. For so long, I had been numbing out my emotions. I was finally able to process them, and it was freeing.”
To coincide with the announcement, MOTHICA has dropped new single Save Your Roses – watch the accompanying video below:
