“My most fruitful time for writing is in the fall/winter, for whatever reason I end up making more things in the cold months"

An Enormous Room was released on January 26th and is a magnificent collection of songs. FACTS. Here, in this wide-ranging interview we look into why it is that the LP is a winter record, despite being recorded in autumn, and how it is the 4th such album to be released in that January window. In an alternate reality where we both happen to frequent a Build-A-Bear store, we discover what a) the optimum time spent on a bear is and b) what a Torres bear would look like. Mackenzie, AKA, Torres reveals a bit about her writing process and how her wife is perhaps her harshest and most honest sounding board – even if Torres willfully discards the criticism on occasion. Lastly we look at the relationship between previous release Thirstier and this new piece of work. This is part one of two. Cheers.