TORRES—moniker of Mackenzie Scott—will release her new album, Thirstier, on July 30. Thirstier revolts against the gray drag of time, a searing and life-affirming eruption of an album that wonders what could happen if we found a way to make our fantasies inexhaustible.
Today, she presents its title track, a thesis statement for the album as a whole that highlights its strive towards abundance. Scott sings of love that never knows scarcity: “The more of you I drink / The thirstier I get.” Following a stretch of melancholy guitar, thunderous percussion crashes in along with Scott’s voice: “Keep me in your fantasies / Even though you live with me.” It’s an urgent and intense encapsulation of desire. Watch the music video for “Thirstier” below:
Recorded in the fall of 2020 at Middle Farm Studios in the UK and co-produced by Scott, Rob Ellis, and Peter Miles, Thirstier marks a turn towards a bigger, more bombastic sound for TORRES. The anxious hush that fell over much of Scott’s previous music gets turned inside-out in songs tailored for post-plague celebration. Guitar-driven walls of sound surge and dissipate like surf in high winds, carrying Scott’s commanding voice to the fore, as displayed in the album’s first two singles “Hug From a Dinosaur” and “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head.”
Thirstier is available for pre-order now on CD, LP, and red-in-translucent-yellow Peak Vinyl along with an exclusive t-shirt.
TORRES on tour:
Aug 29 Fairfield, CT – StageOne*
Aug 30 Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace*
Aug 31 Cambridge, MA – Sonia*
Sep 03 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place*
Sep 13 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern#
Sep 14 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups#
Sep 15 Detroit, MI – Marble Bar#
Sep 16 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle#
Sep 17 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry#
Sep 18 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar#
Sep 19 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway#
Sep 21 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge#
Sep 22 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court#
Sep 25 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival#
Sep 27 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern#
Sep 28 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge#
Sep 30 San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar Music Hall#
Oct 01 Santa Cruz, CA – Atrium @ Catalyst#
Oct 02 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar#
Oct 03 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour#
Oct 04 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge#
Oct 06 Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Co.#
Oct 07 Houston, TX – Bronze Peacock#
Oct 08 Austin, TX – 3TEN @ ACL Live#
Oct 11 Chattanooga, TN – House show
Oct 12 Atlanta, GA – The Earl*
Oct 13 Asheville, NC – ISIS Asheville*
Oct 14 Nashville, TN – EXIT/IN*
Oct 15 Knoxville, TN – Open Chord*
Oct 16 Durham, NC – The Pinhook*
Oct 17 Washington, DC – Union Stage*
Oct 18 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s*
Oct 21 New York, NY – The Bowery Ballroom*
* w/ Sarah Jaffe
# w/ Ariana and the Rose
2022:
Mar 11 Glasgow, UK – Mono
Mar 12 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Mar 13 Manchester, UK – Night & Day
Mar 14 Bristol, UK – Exchange
Mar 15 London, UK – Bush Hall
Mar 17 Paris, FR – La Boule Noire
Mar 18 Gent, BE – Charlatan
Mar 19 Utrecht, NL – Ekko
Mar 21 Berlin, DE – Frannz Club
Mar 22 Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich (Turmzimmer)
Mar 23 Cologne, DE – Bumann & SOHN
Mar 24 Heidelberg, DE – Karlstorbahnhof
Mar 25 Zürich, CH – Rote Fabrik
Mar 26 Bologna, IT – Locomotiv
