Recorded at Middle Farm Studios in Devon, UK, Thirstier marks a turn towards a bigger, more bombastic sound for TORRES (former Nashvillian, Mackenzie Scott). The anxious hush that fell over much of Scott’s previous music gets turned inside-out in songs tailored for a new chapter of life. Scott co-produced the album with Rob Ellis (best known for his stunning work with PJ Harvey) and Peter Miles. Also contributing parts on multiple songs is Portishead's own Adrian Utley (synth) & multi-instrumentalist Ben Christophers (Bat for Lashes, Anna Calvi). 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.”

From the sparkling country romp of “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” to the sour grunge bite of “Keep the Devil Out” and the unabashed, overflowing devotion of the album’s title track, 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.

Thirstier is available to preorder here on CD or on vinyl as a single LP on opaque red-in-translucent yellow color vinyl or black vinyl, both of which are housed in single jackets with matte coating & spot gloss front and include a coupon for full album download. Preorders will ship out from Grimey’s on or by Friday, July 30th, when they will also be available for local pickup.

Track listing w/ side splits:

            Side A

1          Are You Sleepwalking?

2          Don’t Go Putting Wishes in My Head

3          Constant Tomorrowland

4          Drive Me

5          Big Leap

            Side B

6          Hug From a Dinosaur

7          Thirstier

8          Kiss the Corners

9          Hand in the Air

10        Keep the Devil Out