The darkness closes in, the world seems just too hard, you wrap yourself up in the blankets, stay in bed and hope the world will go away, and then, the season changes, you pull away the covers and emerge as a different person entirely. Mothica has battled the darkness and the experience shapes her new EP ‘Somewhere In Between’.
Just like a creature emerging from a chrysalis, Mothica’s form has changed. The slow electronic pulses and understated choruses of 2024’s album ‘Kissing Death’ have evolved, the five tracks here are defined by guitars, her wings have spread. It’s a rock sound similar to that of Chrissy Constanza, Against The Current or Yours Truly. The difference is that being a moth is very different to being a caterpillar. Suddenly her singing voice is competing with guitars and overall effect is like trying on a shirt that’s a size too big – it’s loose around the collar and spare around the wrists, it’s a good fit rather than a great one.
Without a doubt ‘Save Your…
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