1. forever fifteen
The title track, and first single, Mothica opens the ablum with an emotionally vunerable song about her suicide attempt at age fifteen. Released on the ten year anniversery, Mothica questions whether anyone would have missed her. Taking the words that people often say, ‘You’re too young to be this sad’, her voice cries out in pain. The most emotional song on the EP, the vulnerability and strength shines is carried by the uptempo and heart pulsing beat. ith a lyric and music video that highlight survivors and the other side of surviving. Mothica highlights the strength it takes to keep going while lyrics about how it could have ended play over the images.
2. buzzkill
Whomever Mothica wrote this song about should be very scared, and rightly so. Mothica puts into words the calm anger of someone who will no longer be silent. A warning that she will be silent no longer and that
she has found her voice, and is out for revenage. An anger built up over years coming out in a calm way,
Mothica knows exactly what she is saying now. The music punctuates the lyrics adding a layer of barley controlled anger. Exploring
the anger that comes with pain, Mothica puts into words what many people wish
they could say to the people that hurt them. Lyrically this is my favourite song on the EP.
3. funhouse ft Kailee Morgue
With this
song Mothica takes a turn to look at physical appearance and her own ED, exploring it through circus melodies.This song is perfect for a duet and both Mothica and Kailee Morgue's voice meld together without overshadowing the other. Inviting listeners into this lyrical cirus. The production used on the voice fits
perfectly with the distorted feeling described by the lyrics, 'what I see isn't me, it's distorted'. The circus music running
throughout highlights the lyrics, and plays perfectly into the storytelling in funhouse. Musically this is my favourite song on the EP.
4. motions
Sounding like it could belong on her album Blue Hour, motions carries on the lyrical genius of Mothica. Resonating with lyrics such as, ‘if I don’t laugh, I’ll cry’, 'just going through the motions' and 'tightrope walking at my best'. With a repetitive beat the music follows the lyrics in a circular motion. Even though this song looks at a sadder part of mental health, Mothica sounds content with where they are in life. Acknowledging that they have come so far to reach this point and that something surviving is all you can do.
5. intuition
In intuition, Mothica, highlights the importance of trusting your gut and the annoyance when you don't. Detailing moments where she should have trusted her gut, Mothica calls out mansplaning and creeps, 'the second you thought baby-girl was my name', with the revenage theme of buzzkill sneak in. Definitely going to have this playing in my head whenever I fight the
urge to eye roll at the next catcall. The
guitar amps up during the chorus and then lowers during the verses and bridge,
allowing the lyrics to carry the song forwards, building with Mothica’s lyrics and punctuates certain moments of the song.
6. upside
A high note to end the EP on, upside details the contradictions between the mask you present to the world and how you are inside. Mothica's voice carries the strength of pain and upside provides a melody for her lyrics to stand out on, the music wraps itself around the words without drowning them, building with Mothica's voice.While singing about being 'already dead on the inside', their is something incredibly freeing in upside. The acceptance of every emotion and every part of mental health, the highs, 'on the upside everythings going to be just fine', and the lows 'I don't like the way it feels but at least I can say its real'. This song rounds out the forever fifteen EP, in highlighting that all the emotions expressed here were real, valuable, and should be allowed to exist.
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