TORRES, the project of New York-based Mackenzie Scott, releases “Gracious Day,” a new single off her forthcoming album, Silver Tongue, out January 31 worldwide. Following lead single “Good Scare,” “Gracious Day” is one of TORRES’ most forthright love songs and champions “the brilliant, heartbroken optimism she’s able to conjure” (Vulture). Scott’s voice hovers over a starlit landscape in a way that transcends the mundane and enters the otherworldly as she sings, “Gracious day / You moved in like a wave of quiet grace / No surprise / Honey, I’m gonna love you all my life.”

“My girlfriend was trying to leave me. I basically wrote this song for her from the valley of the shadow of death, desperate that she might give me another chance,” says Scott. “It worked. I felt like Ebenezer Scrooge after he wakes up on Christmas morning.”

Named after those whose words are so potent they cause the people and beings around them to vibrate, Silver Tongue is a full-scale realization of the world Scott has created over TORRES’ last few albums, and the first TORRES record produced solely by Scott. Silver Tongue chronicles the impulses that make up desire—from the dreamy first blushes of infatuation through the slightly terrifying wonder that accompanies connection with another.

TORRES’ music has long navigated the space between the physical and the metaphysical, and Silver Tongue faces that conflict head-on, examining the ways in which the actions of others can stir up deep-seated feelings and seemingly alter the space in which one exists.

TORRES will play a sold-out record release show at The Sultan Room in New York on January 31. Her European tour runs throughout March; tickets are on sale now. Silver Tongue is available for pre-order in the Merge store on CD, LP, and “Saturn’s return” (half silver, half green) Peak Vinyl. While supplies last, all Peak Vinyl orders come with a free bonus 7-inch featuring two non-album tracks.

TORRES on tour:
Jan 31 Brooklyn, NY – The Sultan Room (record release show) [SOLD OUT]
Mar 03 Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
Mar 04 Manchester, UK – YES
Mar 05 London, UK – Oslo
Mar 06 Brussels, BE – Botanique (Witloof Bar)
Mar 07 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (Upstairs)
Mar 09 Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich (Turmzimmer)
Mar 10 Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Mar 11 Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
Mar 12 Heidelberg, DE – Karlstorbahnhof
Mar 13 Zürich, CH – Rote Fabrik
Mar 14 Torino, IT – Circolo della Musica
Mar 16 Paris, FR – Le Pop Up du Label
Mar 26-29 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest
Mar 31 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Apr 09 Austin, TX – 3Ten
Apr 10 Houston, TX – House of Blues
Apr 11 New Orleans, LA – Santos
Apr 13 Nashville, TN – Basement East
Apr 21 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
May 21 Washington, DC – Union Stage
May 23 Atlanta, GA – The Earl