V TORRES Releases Sophomore Album ‘Woman,

For instance, on “Beginnings,” Torres wrestles with the cyclical nature of endings and rebirth, recognizing that moving forward often requires surrendering what came before. “Great Escape” examines the loneliness and liberation that followed the end of her marriage, finding freedom in the uncomfortable space that comes after choosing yourself. “Slow” ventures into questions of morality, identity and freedom against a surreal desert backdrop inspired by a real-life experience in Joshua Tree. 

Co-produced by Torres and longtime friend and collaborator Steve Aguilar, Woman marks the first time she has co-produced a full-length project herself, giving her the freedom to take ownership of the record’s sonic direction while learning to trust her ears, her instincts and the timing of the creative process.

“I’ve been in situations before where I felt muted creatively,” Torres previously explained. “This time, there was safety and freedom. If something didn’t feel fully expressed, we kept working until it did.”

This lesson ultimately became central to Woman. The album is evidence of what she learned by living through the past decade of her life. There is no single version of womanhood, no tidy answer to grief, heartbreak, or identity, and no perfect timeline for becoming who you’re meant to be.

For Torres, the record is about allowing all those contradictions to coexist. “Being a woman now means allowing yourself to just be rather than just perform,” she says. “It’s being more powerful, more emotional, more experienced, and more aligned with yourself instead of trying to fit someone else’s expectations.” 

Born and raised in the coastal suburbs of Southern California, Torres grew up immersed in her parents’ eclectic record collection, absorbing everything from Pink Floyd, Steely Dan and Hank Williams Jr. to Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, JimiHendrix and Earth, Wind & Fire. By high school, she was performing original songs at local open mics before eventually taking the stage at iconic Los Angeles venues including The Roxy Theatre and The Viper Room with her first band, Gorgeous Got a Gun.

Today, Woman finds Torres stepping fully into her own voice — one shaped by a decade of change, loss, love, experimentation and hard-earned self-trust. It is an album that follows wherever the story leads: from the desert to the coast, from grief to hope, from uncertainty to freedom, and perhaps most importantly, it arrives with a simple message: you are going to be okay.

Woman is available now on all streaming platforms and is being released independently. Vinyl is also available here.