TORRES (moniker of Mackenzie Scott) announces her new album, Thirstier, out July 30 and available for pre-order now on CD, LP, and red-in-translucent-yellow Peak Vinyl along with an exclusive t-shirt. In addition, she unveils a world tour and the album’s first single/video, “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head.”

Thirstier, the follow-up to 2020’s Silver Tongue, is Scott’s most exuberant and daring record to date, showcasing her in thrilling freefall. “I’ve been conjuring this deep, deep joy that I honestly didn’t feel for most of my life,” says Scott. “I feel like a rock within myself. And I’ve started to feel that I have what it takes to help other people conjure their joy, too.” The album 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. Thirstier explodes the borders of imaginative possibility. 

Recorded in the fall of 2020 at Middle Farm Studios in the UK, 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. Scott co-produced the album with Rob Ellis and Peter Miles, drawing on her experience self-producing Silver Tongue to push her music onto an even broader scale. Guitar-driven walls of sound, reminiscent of producer Butch Vig’s work with Garbage and Nirvana, surge and dissipate like surf in high winds, carrying Scott’s commanding voice to the fore.

“I wanted to channel my intensity into something that felt positive and constructive, as opposed to being intense in a destructive or eviscerating way,” Scott notes. “I love the idea that intensity can actually be something life-saving or something joyous.”

This massive sound and celebratory mood is evident in lead single “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head,” a sparkling country romp. Bolstered by glistening synth, it’s a defiant yet disarming number that sees Scott singing of a love that knows no bounds, while sharing her vulnerabilities with remarkable candor. Its charming video was shot in Scott’s apartment with her partner. In her own words, it’s “my relentless arena country star moment—my shameless Tim McGraw cheeseball hit.” 

Thirstier clasps together love songs from all angles. Romantic love, platonic love, familial love, self-love, and freeing spiritual love all commingle, all feeding one another and vaulting toward the horizon. Scott sings of love that never knows scarcity. With Thirstier, TORRES clears the way to that wellspring and invites others to follow her there. 

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