Some pics and words from Alan Dearling
Richard Walker (Promoter at the Golden Lion venue): “This will be a Hawkwind’esque psychedelic belter!”
T&ES have actually played support gigs with both Hawkwind and Ozric Tentacles.
It was another interesting and eclectic live gig at the Golden Lion venue in Todmorden. It featured five-piece psych outfit (sort of King Crimson in collision with Hawkwind),Teri & the Electric Sunrise headlining, with support from loop-pedalling, Rose Greenwood. She performed long versions of a couple of her stand-out toons: ‘The Trick’ and ‘Old Town’.
Teri & the Electric Sunrise provided a thunderous cacophony of drum and bass driven repetitious space-sonics. Teri’s vocal styles ranged from rock ‘n’ roll blues mama, aka Janis Joplin, through to high velocity angst and vocal anger. Something perhaps verging on a female Jim Morrison persona: kind of ‘No-one gets out of here alive!’
The band suggest that they come “From the depths of Northern England, raised in the mill towns and coastal regions of the red rose county and provide an escape from the harsh realities of working-class life.” The press release claims that their “…music is a journey and this voyage can go in many directions with a strong leaning towards groove and improvisation… but always arriving with a big psychedelic wall of sound!”
Certainly, based on this show, I can imagine them performing at a larger Psych-Fest, blasting out machine gun guitar riffs, flying saucer blips and synth grooves along with staccato time changes – high propulsion, ballsy space rock. They also offer a political dimension to their music, mixing in samples of politicised and environmental commentary and rhetoric.
They refer to it as: Psychedelic groove rock/fusion. Featuring: Tom Vernon (guitar), Teri Birtwistle (vocals/guitar), Gary Ward (bass/voice), Tony Harrison (drums/samples), Matt Panesh (synths).
One element of their show that needs a little ‘honing’ is the fact that tracks seem to blend and fold into one another, leaving hardly any recognisable gaps for the appreciative audience who were a bit uncertain when to offer applause.
In terms of the overall Teri & the Electric Sunrise ‘vibe’ they reminded me quite a lot of Sendelica, Space Ritual and ToSH.
Video of Teri & the Electric Sunrise: ‘Bow to Aphrodite’: Live in Waterfoot 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdb34x6rZeU
Rose Greenwood: She is self-described as, “A multi-instrumentalist live looping nerd and maker of things.” ‘The Trick’ from her album ‘Soul Food’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zk40zge-eI
Here is an intense performance version of ‘Old Town’ live looping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RPstuOgONQ
‘The Trick’ opened Rose’s set. She sings: “The trick is to not want what you don’t need.” It’s a clever line and a challenging sentiment amidst a consumerist landscape. Live at the Golden Lion, the manner in which Rose builds and adds loops into each song made it really quite a long time before the songs actually start to form around the lyrics. To get into a groove. I didn’t time them, but I suspect that the sound-palette and rhythms takes about three minutes to construct and layer before the song bursts into full force. I guess it is a strength and possible weakness.
She is justly proud of her Boss PC600 loop pedal and Headrush MXS system. A supersonic spaceship of a system device. Rose told me, “ ‘Old Town’ was written at the Boomtown Festival, and it is scheduled for single vinyl release soon, and will feature three remixes by producers like the Kaya Project and Blenky.” She is working on a new album in the studio and told the audience that she is about to return to Uni to study for an MA in International Journalism, and that now she has made the decision, “I am really enjoying my music.”
I have seen Rose performing alongside other musicians at a number of venues in the North-West. She has plenty of gigs and festival performances planned for this summer including Beatherder and Mabie Forest. Her friend and partner, Richard Buck, is also her sound-engineer and they collaborate in BodhiFi Soundsystem , which is really rather handy! Nice, edgy lady and a confident performer.