Today multifaceted alt pop artist MOTHICA has released her highly anticipated third album KISSING DEATH via her own imprint Heavy Heart Records in partnership with Rise Records/BMG. With KISSING DEATH, the prolific artist dives deeper into her powerful story with an ambitious audio/visual experience. The raw and cathartic collection of songs touch upon MOTHICA’s deeply personal and relatable battles with depression, addiction, and suicidal ideation. It is an immersive story across 12 tracks, with cinematic accompanying music videos.
Listen here: https://mothica.lnk.to/KissingDeath
MOTHICA is known for her confessional songwriting and genre-defying musical releases that blend dark pop with rock, synthwave, goth and electronica for a mesmerizing sonic fusion. The artist has built a fervent fanbase and has amassed hundreds of millions of streams, while further earning acclaim from the likes of Billboard, MTV, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, Alt Press, and more.
KISSING DEATH is a testament to MOTHICA’s artistic evolution. The album’s release is accompanied by an official music video for the song “Another High” which will be the focus track around the release. “Another High” is a poignant and relatable narrative about the cycles of addiction. She shares, “When I stop one habit, I find new vices to indulge in to keep my mind busy. Some are definitely healthier than others. And I always joke that I wish I was addicted to exercising and sunshine instead of the things that are bad for me.”
Watch it HERE
Death is an uncomfortable topic that most people avoid thinking about, but MOTHICA decides to dance with it. Vulnerably, she laments her personal battles with depression, addiction, suicidal ideation, processing her pain with lush soundscapes underpinned by funereal keys, heart-thumping hard rock guitars, and disarmingly catchy moments of pop catharsis.
“For my whole life, I’ve romanticized death,” she states. “In the back of my mind, suicide seemed like a natural and easy solution. When my thoughts get dark, I remind myself that we have an infinite amount of time to ‘not exist.’ For the small sliver I’m here, it’s important to soak up every second and make the most of it. It’s scary to surrender to the unknown, but it’s powerful to not give into my toxic vices anymore’.”
Born in Oklahoma, she moved to Brooklyn, New York for art school, and is now based in Los Angeles. In 2015, she started independently releasing music, taking a full-on DIY approach utilizing her background as an illustrator and graphic designer to design her own merch and creative direct her music videos. Her story has unfolded across her first two albums, Blue Hour [2020], and NOCTURNAL[2022]. She emerges as the rare creative chameleon who jumps genres from electronic music, left-of-center pop, and recently exploring rock/metal influences, collaborating with Polyphia, Scene Queen and Papa Roach.
Some career highlights include: her independently released “VICES” which skyrocketed to no. 2 on the Pop iTunes chart in 2020, her song “Buzzkill” about sexual assault with over 51 million Spotify streams and her rendition of Bring Me The Horizon’s “Can You Feel My Heart” is a crowd favorite with 25 million Spotify streams. In the last year, she toured North America and Europe with Coheed & Cambria and Halestorm, in addition to various festivals.
Over the last two years, she assembled her most creative vision to date with KISSING DEATH, a captivating visual album that takes listeners on a captivating journey across 12 tracks and their accompanying music videos.
“I decided to make the Grim Reaper a love interest in a dark rom-com-style tale,” she notes. “Throughout the visuals, I’m seen in a therapist’s office explaining this complicated relationship as if describing a scorned lover. The videos unfold a surrealist version of my life story.”
“I thought, ‘How do I cope with the fact I embrace life so much now that I have a fear of losing it?’ There’s a bit of dark humor, because I wanted to artistically portray what it’s like to live with this shadow following me.” She leaves off, “If you have struggled with depression, anxiety, or addiction, you can listen to this and maybe find pieces of your own story.”
To support the album, MOTHICA has announced headline tours in the US and UK/EU (her first ever headline tour in the markets). Numerous shows have already sold out across these tours while others have been upgraded to larger rooms. She will further perform at this years Mayhem Festival in San Bernardino, CA on Oct 12th.
UK/EU
September 16th – Kavka, Antwerp, Belgium (Low Tickets)
September 18th- Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Low Tickets)
September 19th- Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, Germany (Low Tickets)
September 20th- Hole44, Berlin, Germany (Low Tickets)
September 21st- Luxor, Cologne, Germany (SOLD OUT)
September 24th- Backstage, Paris, France (Low Tickets)
September 26th- The Dome, London, UK (SOLD OUT)
September 27th- Gorilla, Manchester, UK(SOLD OUT)
September 28th- King Tuts, Glasgow, UK (SOLD OUT)
MAYHEM FESTIVAL
October 12th- San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheater
US TOUR DATES
November 4th- Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ
November 6th- Antone’s, Austin, TX
November 7th- Club Dada, Dallas, TX
November 9th- Masquerade Purgatory, Atlanta, GA (SOLD OUT)
November 11th- A&R Bar, Columbus, OH
November 13th- The Sinclair, Boston, MA
November 14th- The Foundry, Philadelphia, PA
November 15th- Songbyrd, Washington, DC (SOLD OUT)
November 17th- Gramercy Theater, New York City, NY
November 20th- Loving Touch, Detroit, MI
November 22nd- Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
November 23rd- Delmar Hall, St. Louis, MO
November 24th- Beer City Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK
November 26th- Meow Wolf, Denver, CO
November 27th- Soundwell, Salt Lake City, UT
November 29th- Mission Theater, Portland, OR
November 30th- Neumos, Seattle, WA
December 3rd- Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, CA
December 4th- Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA
