Torres Signs to Merge, Readies New Album

Sam Sodomsky
Last year, she wrote that she had been dropped from 4AD for “not being commercially successful enough”

Torres has announced that she’s signed to Merge and plans to release a new album—the follow-up to 2017’s Three Futures—in 2020. “I feel like I’ve lived an entire lifetime in the three years since recording Three Futures,” she wrote in a press release. “This new record documents the significant fruits, for better or worse, of some terrifically delusional pursuits.”

The news follows Torres’ 2018 departure from her former label, 4AD, which she claimed dropped her for “not being commercially successful enough.” “I wish them all the best,” she wrote at the time. “Also, fuck the music industry.”

Torres is among the performers slated for MRG30, the indie label’s 30th anniversary festival, which takes place in Carrboro and Durham, North Carolina from July 24–27. Find her additional dates below.

Read “Torres on Why Respecting Your Body Will Bring You Happiness” on the Pitch.

Torres:

06-19 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island
07-26 Carrboro, NC – MRG30
09-28 Montreal, Québec – Pop Montreal

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Originally Appeared on Pitchfork