TORRES—aka Mackenzie Scott—presents “I got the fear,” the new single from her forthcoming album What an enormous room, out January 26. Listen to and share “I got the fear” wherever you listen to music, and pre-order What an enormous room on CD, LP, or blue jay & white Peak Vinyl from the Merge store!
Of “I got the fear,” Scott says: “A collective dread has been mounting. Everyone I know is having a brawl with the universe, with themselves…wars, climate catastrophe, a pandemic, the worldwide regression on human rights, the political hellscape—it affects everybody, and I know we’re all feeling it in waves of varying degree all the time. I think it’s really important that we find a way to get our hopes back up. I’m here to try to help light the way if I can. Most days I really believe humanity will find a way. But there’s a nagging anxiety that maybe that won’t happen. One has to wonder if it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy that a species that believes it’s doomed will doom itself.”
Next year, 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 – venue TBA
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
