TORRES PRESENTS NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “WAKE TO FLOWERS” OFF NEW ALBUM WHAT AN ENORMOUS ROOM OUT JANUARY 26 ON MERGE RECORDS
TOUR RUNS JANUARY 17-APRIL 6
Torres, the recording alias of Brooklyn-based musician Mackenzie Scott β presents her new single/video, “Wake to flowers,” from her forthcoming album, What an enormous room, out January 26th on Merge. Beginning with a lone drum and Scott’s distinct vocals, “Wake to flowers” quickly blooms into an art-rock masterclass. “Didn’t know I’d wake to flowers,” Scott atop steely electric guitars and the strut of an irresistible bassline, “after going to sleep to rain.” The accompanying video was helmed by Scott’s frequent collaborator Dani Okon, who recently produced videos for “Collect” β an “unforgiving, hammer of a revenge song” (NYLON) β and “I got the fear,” which was praised by Flood for its “blown-out electronic drums and […] sense of yearning.”
Of “Wake to flowers,” Scott says: “I’m familiar with the disappointment that frequently follows hope. People are frighteningly resilient. We are regularly optimistic and regularly shattered by the want of something, maybe something that takes all our might and energy and then still doesn’t happen. But have you ever been anxious that things weren’t going to turn out the way you hoped, or maybe you weren’t very optimistic, and then you got everything you wanted? I feel like this happens a lot but I don’t hear it acknowledged very much. Everything I have now is something I once fought and longed forβthis song is my way of keeping myself aware of that all the time.”
Later this month, Torres will embark on a US/EU/UK tour, beginning with a US run that includes stops in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC and more, followed by a stint overseas as well as a second US leg. A full list of tour dates is below, and tickets are on sale now.
Torres career spans a decade, six studio albums, countless one-offs, tours, articles, and conversations, each marked by a dedication to creation that treats the ongoing act itself with as much preciousness as what is left in the record. This latest record, What an enormous room, was recorded at Durham, North Carolina’s Stadium Heights Sound last fall and follows the release of her celebrated 2021 album, Thirstier. Alongside production work from Scott and Sarah Jaffe, the album was engineered by Ryan Pickett, mixed in Bristol by TJ Allen, and mastered by indie stalwart Heba Kadry. Each of the album’s ten songs was written by Scott, who plays guitar, bass, synths, organ, piano, and programmed drums, with Jaffe and Allen also contributing to various instrumentation.
To quote Julien Baker, who penned the album’s bio, directly: “What I can say about Torres is I think the music comes from a convicted place. […] And I think it’s just incredibly good music to listen to.” Baker continues, writing, “If Torres’ music gets weird, gets brainy, gets funny, gets defiant, provokes, deliberately scandalizes, employs the crass to undermine the austere, courts lofty philosophical truth β it’s all done with the conviction of an artist with the (essential) belief in the worth of their task.”
Tour Dates
Wed. Jan. 17 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
Thu. Jan. 18 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
Fri. Jan. 19 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar *
Sat. Jan. 20 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement *
Mon. Jan. 22 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory) *
Tue. Jan. 23 – Durham, NC @ Motorco *
Wed. Jan. 24 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis *
Thu. Jan. 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry *
Fri. Jan. 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere *
Sat. Jan. 27 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Fri. Feb. 2 – Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique
Sat. Feb. 3 – Bruges, BE @ Cactus Club
Mon. Feb. 5 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs
Tue. Feb. 6 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & SOHN
Wed. Feb. 7 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Thu. Feb. 8 – Munich, DE @ Milla
Fri. Feb. 9 – Geneva, CH @ Antigel Festival
Sat. Feb. 10 – Baden, CH @ One of a Million Festival
Mon. Feb. 12 – Manchester, UK @ YES
Tue. Feb. 13 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
Wed. Feb. 14 – London, UK @ Oslo
Wed. Mar. 20 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge ^
Fri. Mar. 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^
Sat. Mar. 23 – Boise, ID @ Venue TBA
Tue. Mar. 26 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos ^
Wed. Mar. 27 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
Fri. Mar. 29 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord ^
Sat. Mar. 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room ^
Mon. Apr. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah ^
Tue. Apr. 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar ^
Thu. Apr. 4 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^
Fri. Apr. 5 – Austin, TX @ The Parish ^
Sat. Apr. 6 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs) ^
* w/ Aisha Burns
^ w/ Liza Anne
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