Mothica – Kissing Death
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.
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.
KISSING DEATH is a testament to MOTHICA’s artistic evolution.
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.
To support the album, MOTHICA has announced headline tours in the US and UK/EU.
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- Phoenix, AZ
November 6th- Austin, TX
November 7th- Dallas, TX
November 9th- Atlanta, GA
November 11th- Columbus, OH
November 13th- Boston, MA
November 14th- Philadelphia, PA
November 15th- Washington, DC
November 17th- New York City, NY
November 20th- Detroit, MI
November 22nd- Chicago, IL
November 23rd- St. Louis, MO
November 24th- Oklahoma City, OK
November 26th- Denver, CO
November 27th- Salt Lake City, UT
November 29th- Portland, OR
November 30th- Seattle, WA
December 3rd- Sacramento, CA
December 4th- San Francisco, CA
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