PRESS KIT - Teresa Storch

RADIO PROMOTION: David Avery Powderfinger Promotions

PUBLICIST: Adam Dawson Broken Jukebox Media

BIO

With Teresa Storch Band, you first feel a solid, rhythmic energy: the pulse of a meditative ballad or the infectious groove of a jam-rock tune. Next, you notice catchy, guitar-laden melodies. Digging deeper you find lyrics tugging at your heart and soul. This is what happens when a singer/songwriter rooted in Boston subways (Storch) creates music with a guitarist from the New Jersey jam scene (Peter Lacis).

Teresa Storch Band released their debut album ‘OPEN YOUR HEART‘ to critical acclam in April 2024. The band includes bassist Chad Mathis and drummer Chris Wright (both in Billy Shaddox and Antonio Lopez Bands). In 2020 the four, plus drummer Travis Moberg (The Tiberian Sons), began recording a full-length album with producer Tony Dickinson, who tours with the rock-arena show Trans-Siberian Orchestra as well as The Tiberian Sons.

The band grew organically from the meeting of (now husband and wife) Teresa Storch and Peter Lacis. Storch’s soulful voice and lyrics, combined with Lacis’ soaring and complex guitar arrangements, create an original, genre-pushing rock sound with jam and roots origins. As a duo Storch and Lacis have toured internationally, performing at festivals in England, Scotland and Ireland.

“For all the dynamic gritty, improvisation laced pop, rock, funk and jam band music and grooves on their album Open Your Heart, the focus isn’t so much on Storch’s powerhouse emotional voice, Lacis’ versatile guitarisma or the tight rhythms of Chad E. Mathis (bass) and Travis Moberg (drums). They’re all about the hard hitting, no nonsense and incisive at times but leaning hopeful messaging at a fraught time in our sociopolitical history.”
Jonathan Widran The JW Vibe

Previously, Peter Lacis played with jam/funk/prog/pop bands in New Jersey (Barbuda, Jackson Observer) and Colorado (Sylva, Johnny & The Mongrels, Broken Holmes) and studied under Wayne Krantz and David Fiuczynski. Teresa Storch steeped herself in the the New England folk scene after transplanting to the Boston area. She’s studied with Pat Pattison, Steve Seskin, and Breck Alan.

The two connected musically in 2013 in Boulder, CO after Storch had paused her 8 years of touring troubadour life, while Lacis was looking for local musicians to play with. Their common ground? A mutual love of live music, and especially Jam bands. In college, Teresa fell hard for live bands like Big Head Todd and the Monsters and Dave Matthews Band. Peter favored bands like Phish, The Allman Brothers Band, Soulive, and King’s X.

Storch’s last solo record ‘Come Clean’ from 2014 includes Lacis on guitar, along with Phil Parker (Gregory Alan Isakov), Bridget Law (Elephant Revival), and Garret Sayers (The Motet). It garnered international attention, chosen for The Top Country/Americana Albums of 2015 by Martin Chilton of The Telegraph (UK). John Apice of No Depression Magazine stated “Emmylou Harris would find a wealth of inspiration in these songs…”.

Previously she worked with Grammy-winning producer Ben Wisch to create her 2008 ‘Stream of Concrete’ album.

Storch was chosen a 2015 GrassyHill New Folk Finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival, selected as an Emerging Artist at the 2015 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and received Honorable Mention in the 2015 Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter’s Competition.

PRESS

“The band tackles some hard issues like how women have been treated/harassed in the workplace (“It’s Not Okay,” released as a single to coincide with National Women’s Day). They make a valiant attempt to overcome political and religious division by focusing on the loving messages in the holy books (“Open Your Heart”) and challenge themselves to stand against injustice with references to Mandela, MLK and Joan of Arc. “This is the Time” is a hard-hitting jam about trying to separate truth from lies during election season. They also artfully update Pat Benatar’s 80’s classic “We Belong” to fit the modern zeitgeist..”
Jonathan Widran The JW Vibe

“When you have been making music for a while it becomes more and more evident that you can share real meaning in your songs. The idea of writing pop hits becomes less of a goal. The real passion is to create music that makes people think, feel, and see the world around them. The Teresa Storch Band has reached this state and puts it all out there with their new record Open Your Heart..”
Keith Pro Indie Band Guru

“What I enjoy about Terea’s Storch approach to her bluesy & at times funky showcase is her capturing a 60s & early 70s aesthetic. Now, despite that statement, there’s little that’s retro about her music. She does lay down a fresh blues posture, but her voice has elements of the energy & joy of the music that isn’t something that can be taught. It comes with performing, playing & performing more so the live showcase can develop the material.”
John Apice Americana Highways

“The title track on this is so musically satisfying. It’s got this gorgeous riff right up front that not only feels complex and syncopated but also groovy and easy to vibe with. Sometimes musicians will go down the rabbit hole of trying to make a really complicated musical section … we get a clear melodic line to follow through this very professionally designed song. Honestly, just the first few seconds of this song let you know how perceptive and listener-focused the orchestrators are.

Teresa is a really purposeful and skilled songwriter. She is a very meaning-centered lyricist. When she repeats the phrase, it’s to help it soak in for the listener like a meditation. There are no bubble gum pop songs here. There are no cheap emotional manipulations. This album feels written from a place of genuineness and care.”
Andy Eppler Big News Boulder County

“Emmylou Harris would find a wealth of inspiration in these songs…..someday this artist will be in the league with Emmylou Harric, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin and Roseann Cash.”
John Apice, No Depression Magazine

“Country singer and songwriter Teresa Storch has an interesting background, having a degree in Applied Physics. The title track is lovely and as well as dobro, mandolin and fiddle in bluegrass settings, brass is used well in a couple of soulful and jazzy songs. Guests include James Han (piano, wurlitzer, Rhodes, Hammond B3), Jonathan Byrd (acoustic guitar, harmony vocals) and Bridget Law (violin). She writes well and sings with a depth and conviction, especially on Happy Girl, Sympathy and Before I Go Home. Definitely worth checking out. ★★★★☆”
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, UK