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Torres: What An Enormous Room review – a confident declaration of rock-star ambition


The indie musician flexes the noirish power of her commanding voice on her sixth album, and embraces grand new sonic theatrics

The artwork for What An Enormous RoomIt has been a decade since the indie rock musician (real name Mackenzie Scott) released her self-titled debut of hushed, blazingly vulnerable songs. Against such decisive singles, many of the record’s softer tracks – such as the murky Artificial Limits – feel uncharacteristically cautious. What An Enormous Room doesn’t yet fulfil Torres’s stadium-sized promises, but form and ambition align on album highlight I Got the Fear.

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