Laurie Torres

Laurie Torres is a Canadian musician and composer raised in Montréal, Québec by Haitian parents. Since 2008, she has been a trusted stage and studio performer for Julia Jacklin, Pomme and Land of Talk, with live tours spanning across Canada, the United States, Europe, the UK, and Australia. She was also a founding member of Folly and the Hunter, with whom she recorded four studio albums and toured Canada, Europe and the UK. Growing up in South Shore, an eclectic love for music bloomed, traversing hip-hop (Nas, Missy Elliott), Motown, household rotations of 70s-80s Haitian music and pop before deep diving into post-rock local royalty Godspeed You! Black Emperor. As a child, Torres began classical piano lessons which continued into her teenage years, where she went on to pick up drums, playing high school bands and jazz ensembles, embedding herself in Montréal’s enriching community. In 2023, Laurie shifted focus to work on her own creations, a process of making time - the will and the need becoming omnipresent, leading to what would be her 'Correspondances' ep. Her debut album, which centers around the piano, drums and synthesizer, will be released on the label imprint Tonal Union in early 2025