MOTHICA–the LA-based singer, performer, and visual artist McKenzie Ellis–has announced her new EP Somewhere In Between, her debut for SharpTone Records, will be released 20th February 2026.
Her latest single Save Your Roses, a heavy and dynamic anthem charged with vulnerability, is also out today alongside an epic video she co-directed with Ryan Joseph. “I wanted to write a song that on the surface sounds like it’s about a lover I’m pining after, but is actually about substances,”
Mckenzie explains. “The verses are about how intoxicating it is to lose yourself in drugs, and mirrors my experience with sobriety. The lyric in the chorus ‘Don’t save your roses for my grave’ is inspired by a conversation I had with a fan after one of my shows in Paris. They said ‘I believe we should give people their flowers while they’re here.’ That stuck with me–that we often tell people how much they mean to us only after they’re gone. It was fun to make this explosive, energetic production with Elliot Polokoff but layer that with lyrics that have a darkness to them.”
Of the song’s stunning video, a visual companion of recent EP single “Evergreen Misery,” she shares:
“I wanted an energetic and fun performance set in the offices of Mothicorp. I got to feature some incredible musicians, Jayden Hammer on guitar, Brittany Nicole Bowman on drums, and Tay (aka thewitchybassist) on bass. I had a bunch of friends suit up to be employees of Mothicorp and play with this idea of a surreal workplace with messy and bizarre cubicles. Ryan (Joseph) and I planned everything in advance so we could shoot it while on set for the ‘Evergreen Misery’ music video, and approached it with this run and gun energy. You might even see some easter eggs from previous Mothica music videos in the offices.”
Somewhere In Between EP Tracklist:
1. Evergreen Misery
2. WEAPON
3. Save Your Roses
4. BULLET
5. Somewhere In Between
EP ‘SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN’ OUT 20TH FEBRUARY, 2026 VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS
PRE-ORDER HERE
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