TORRES is an album that is pulsating with life. All the emotion that went into its making bursts through in the final product, complete with the exhales and floor creaks that a different artist might have felt the need to omit.
Exponentially mature lyrics for this young woman. Her words are cultured and grounded.
Mackenzie Scott takes the most difficult and common emotional battles humans face in modern love and emphasizes them into something real.
Her record is an overwhelming rush of feeling, and it connects with throat-seizing immediacy.
Despite her numerous contemporaries, Torres stands out as a distinct and compelling performer.
Torres raw and emotional voice accompanied by those guitar riff make the songs on this LP very enjoyable. She expresses her emotions in a very mature and natural way, making these arena-rock songs made to be performed & imagined in empty stadiums.
In her debut full-lenght LP, Torres displays talent and some songwriting skills, but rarely does she deliver a full lyric-instrumentation-personality service. The tracklist here is not as impressive as it is said to be, with many of the songs bringing way too much of her influences to the table, and names such as PJ Harvey, Cat Power and Joni Mitchell come to mind just instantly. There is no denial that Torres CAN write some memorable hooks and choruses with some creative and lush ... read more
In her debut full-lenght LP, Torres displays talent and some songwriting skills, but rarely does she deliver a full lyric-instrumentation-personality service. The tracklist here is not as impressive as it is said to be, with many of the songs bringing way too much of her influences to the table, and names such as PJ Harvey, Cat Power and Joni Mitchell come to mind just instantly. There is no denial that Torres CAN write some memorable hooks and choruses with some creative and lush ... read more
Torres raw and emotional voice accompanied by those guitar riff make the songs on this LP very enjoyable. She expresses her emotions in a very mature and natural way, making these arena-rock songs made to be performed & imagined in empty stadiums.
1 | Mother Earth, Father God 4:31 | 88 |
2 | Honey 5:40 | 85 |
3 | Jealousy and I 4:32 | 85 |
4 | November Baby 7:04 | 93 |
5 | When Winter's Over 3:30 | 90 |
6 | Chains 5:48 | 90 |
7 | Moon & Back 4:17 | 85 |
8 | Don't Run Away, Emilie 4:50 | 85 |
9 | Come to Terms 5:19 | 93 |
10 | Waterfall 6:07 | 90 |
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