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Torres

Torres

Torres

Debut self-released album from Nashville singer-songwriter Mackenzie Scott, recorded mostly in single live-band takes

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Self-released
UK Release date
22/01/2013
US Release date
22/01/2013
  1. 9.1 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    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
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  2. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    For a debut album from a gal who can’t even legally rent a car by herself, this is very impressive
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  3. 9.0 |   The 405

    This is a fantastic record. It courses through your veins like frost, sending restless shivers up your spine, and there's little you can do to stop it
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  4. 9.0 |   NME

    A masterclass in intricate and tender storytelling
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  5. 8.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    The songwriting ability and surprisingly fantastic and natural production allow for this journal-esque story to get its due.
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  6. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    The songs veer between rangy indie rock and hushed folk, unspooling in unhurried five and -six-minute lengths
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  7. 8.0 |   Time Out

    The whole album is a cool, androgynous ‘whatever’ to all those ‘What are the pitfalls of being a female musician?’ questions which Mackenzie has been swerving from day one
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  8. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This sounds like it could be the first flowering of a major talent
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  9. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Her sparse torch-song blues, sculpted wordcraft and heartbreaking delivery ensure there’s never a dull moment
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  10. 8.0 |   DIY

    With a world-weariness which belies her age, but delivered with an authenticity which stops that from ever being a problem, 'Torres' is a promising, impassioned debut
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  11. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Despite her numerous contemporaries, Torres stands out as a distinct and compelling performer
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  12. 6.0 |   The Observer

    These 10 songs rarely tip over into unseemly action, but maintain their internalised, kinetic potential to the bitter end
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    At its best Torres captures Chan Marshall's early sense of psychic pain. Print edition only


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