Mackenzie Ruth Scott known professionally as Torres, is an American indie rock singer-songwriter.
After high school, Scott moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend Belmont University, where she received a degree in songwriting and a minor in English literature. In college, Scott began to record her music. She graduated in December 2012.
In July 2012, while still a student, Scott recorded her debut album Torres over a five-day session at Tony Joe White's home studio in Franklin, Tennessee, with engineer and producer Ryan McFadden. Following the album's release on February 8, 2013, she played her debut show as Torres in Nashville at The Basement. The album was digitally released on January 22, 2013, and received critical acclaim. In summer 2013, she moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Scott has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe with a wide variety of musicians, including Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Okkervil River, Sharon Van Etten, and Hamilton Leithauser. She appeared as a guest on Van Etten's 2014 album Are We There and released a single, "New Skin", through Weathervane Music in June 2014.
