Torres

Following a comfortable opening from French/US band the Dove and the Wolf, Torres took to the tiny Soup Kitchen stage looking decidedly less than comfortable.
Her stature, both physically and within the music industry, demands a bigger platform than this cramped basement offered. Although paradoxically, the gig wasn’t sold out, at least not in the hours running up to the doors opening.
Visibly more assured than her last visit to Manchester, Mackenzie Scott and her backing band began with a handful of songs from the recent ‘Three Futures’ album with confidence and aplomb marred only by the murky sound that rendered the vocals indecipherable.
The constricting nature of the venue meant Torres’s performance was like that of a caged lioness, limited to turning her back to the audience with slow and sensuous jolts in line with the thud of the bass drum and intense facial contortions.
The more synth-based newer tunes sat at ease with the older guitar-driven favourites such as the towering ‘Sprinter’, the welcome ‘Honey’ and the swaggering ‘Cowboy Guilt’.
I have still yet to come to terms with ‘Bad Baby Pie’ either on the new lp or in this more tactile environment, but this was more than compensated by ‘Helen in the Woods’ as much a treat tonight as on record.
By the time of the encore the sound gremlins had had enough and allowed the band to say good night with a ‘Strange Hellos’ as near to perfection as the audience could hope for.

\Brooklyn-based musician Mackenzie Scott, better known as Torres, brings her lush, heartfelt feminist-forward music back to Toronto.
https://torres.bandcamp.com/
with special guests Charlotte Cornfield and Hex at the Jam Factory.

For this occasion, Torres played a solo set that was well worth waiting for since she had to cancel a concert a while back. She told some fun stories which were followed by great music which extended beyond midnight- the usual time frame for some of these shows.

It is hard to fully capture the feelings that many of us felt last night, however, Torres is an artist that is here to stay along with a new recording that is on the way.

We want more!

Torres was incredibly good. I saw her in SF and I am definitely going to see her again. I felt she was a bit dry, like a piece of toast, trying to mantain a persona. Nevertheless, the overall concert was awesome. High intensity combined with great melodies

Incredible show in Los Angeles. Emotional, vulnerable, open, but still rocking hard. It was an intimate show at the Troubadour, mostly songs from her latest album Thirstier, and it felt like everyone there was on the same wavelength. She held nothing back.

We couldn't have asked for a better night! The space was perfect, the setlist was so much more than we could have expected. Getting the opportunity to hear such beautiful stories from Mackenzie and chat with her afterwards was magical.

Torres is awesome! I saw her open for Tegan and Sara. I was blown away. She kicked ass. I fell in love with some of her songs. Even got to meet her after the show. She was very sweet and humble. I'd be delighted to see her again.

Energetic and subtle concert full of great feelings, all folks listened quietly this amazing performance by Torres and the venue was great.
The music is contrastant and at the same time very equilibrated.