Seeing as how Torres, the project of local songstress Mackenzie Scott, released her eponymous debut only a couple of weeks ago and has already earned glowing reviews from the likes of

Pitchfork

and, well,

us

, we thought it'd be appropriate to catch her in the flesh. And so we headed to her free release celebration at The Basement on Friday night, listening to Fleetwood Mac's Tusk while en route. What a fine, weird record of unlikely pop that is — and an appropriate soundtrack for a night, we hoped, of unlikely pop music with a bit of character.

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