Georgia-bred, Brooklyn-based performer and songwriter TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) waits until an idea, an emotion, a memory-gnaws at her, tearing at her fingers and throat, until she releases it in song. Her husky voice strains against its human biological constraints like a wild-eyed horse, whispering desperately “Don’t give up on me just yet” on one end and yowling about jealousy with unnerving intensity on the other. Following her self-titled debut in 2013, TORRES pushes herself to even noisier and more personal extremes on sophomore album, Sprinter, recorded in Dorset, England, with co-producer Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey) and at the Bristol studio of Portishead’s Adrian Utley, both of whom perform on the album. With themes of alienation running rampant throughout, it’s a punishing self-examination of grand spiritual and musical proportions suffused with a keen awareness of Scott’s place in her family and in the world.

TRACKLIST

1. Strange Hellos
2. New Skin
3. Son, You Are No Island
4. A Proper Polish Welcome
5. Sprinter
6. Cowboy Guilt
7. Ferris Wheel
8. The Harshest Light
9. The Exchange

TORRES’ TOUR DATES:

Mon. May 4 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom

Wed-May-06 – Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox

Mon. May 4 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom *

Wed. May 6 – Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox @

Fri. May 8 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada @

Sat. May 9 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk @

Mon. May 11 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live @

Tue. May 12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo @

Wed. May 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill @

Fri. May 15 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge @

Sat. May 16 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza @

Sun. May 17 – Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl

Wed. May 20 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry

Thu. May 21 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle @

Fri. May 22 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory @

Sat. May 23 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison @

Wed. May 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right @

Sun. May 31 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound

Thu. June 25 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott

Fri. June 26 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

Sat. June 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle

Sun. June 28 – Washington, D.C. @ DC9

Tue. June 30 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook

Wed. July 1 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Thu. July 2 – Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm & Brews

Fri. Sep. 4 – Sun. Sep. 6 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival

* with Jenny Lewis

@ with Aero Flynn