Today, TORRES—the recording alias of Brooklyn-based musician Mackenzie Scott—presents her new single/video, “Wake to flowers,” from her forthcoming album What an enormous room, out January 26 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.” Listen to “Wake to flowers” wherever you stream music, and pre-order What an enormous room on CD, LP, or limited blue jay & white Peak Vinyl from the Merge store!
The accompanying video was helmed by Scott’s frequent collaborator Dani Okon, who recently produced videos for “Collect”—an “unforgiving, hammer of a revenge song” (NYLON)—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 for—this 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 on tour:
Jan 17 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop*
Jan 18 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall*
Jan 19 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar*
Jan 20 Nashville, TN – The Basement*
Jan 22 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Purgatory)*
Jan 23 Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall*
Jan 24 Washington, DC – The Atlantis*
Jan 25 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry*
Jan 26 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere*
Jan 27 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Feb 02 Paris, FR – Le Hasard Ludique
Feb 03 Bruges, BE – Cactus Club
Feb 05 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Upstairs
Feb 06 Cologne, DE – Bumann & SOHN
Feb 07 Berlin, DE – Privatclub
Feb 08 Munich, DE – Milla
Feb 10 Baden, CH – One of a Million Festival
Feb 12 Manchester, UK – YES
Feb 13 Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
Feb 14 London, UK – Oslo
Mar 20 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge^
Mar 22 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court^
Mar 23 Boise, ID – venue TBA
Mar 26 Seattle, WA – Neumos^
Mar 27 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios^
Mar 29 San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord^
Mar 30 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room^
Apr 01 San Diego, CA – Casbah^
Apr 02 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar^
Apr 04 Dallas, TX – Club Dada^
Apr 05 Austin, TX – The Parish^
Apr 06 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)^
*w/ Aisha Burns
^w/ Liza Anne
