New Music Review - ‘Extraterrestrial’ by Tealskie
L-R (back): Bex, Tim. L-R (front): Chay, Elliot.
Extraterrestrial by Tealskie was released on the 17th July 2025. Photo credit: Armand Le Roux
Your new favourite band are here and ready to rock.
A fresh Tealskie (pronounced Teal-Sky) song? Get out of town, because this one is definitively punchy, with a phenomenally smooth sound, almost as though you’re about to spread the best peanut butter you’ve ever had on toast.
Slowly, but surely, Tealskie have begun to dominate the local music scene, with their ever-so kind personalities, and proficient skills that tend to make everyone fall for them as a band, and I am completely here for it.
The well-respected Christchurch foursome have given us a kick with their latest release, Extraterrestrial, which has absolutely nothing to do with aliens (no, that is not a reason to not listen to the track, however). Extraterrestrial is a really zesty, vibey track to get your body moving in more ways than one.
The gateway to Extraterrestrial draws you in with its idiosyncratic force, like it is wrapping its full arms around you and you’re not able to escape, and with this song, why would you want to flee, anyway? It’s warm, and it has come from a planet that you’ve probably never been to: Tealskie-Universe. That must be such a significantly cool place to reside, I’d imagine.
With this dynamic, flavourful release from the band, you can hear that they have poured out every single ounce of energetic astronomical presence, so to speak, and evidently Tealskie have everything under their belt to offer; so much so, that they could rule the world at this point and they are well on their way to doing just that. Even if it just means ruling musicially.
So, what makes Extraterrestrial so unique? Well, for starters, it brings the heat with the most sublime beats, it has a blend of artistic punk that leads you towards the likes of Paramore meets Red Hot Chili Peppers but also holds this spectacular Tealskie touch that truly sets them apart.
Extraterrestrial is a track that brews directly in your brain, unlike your morning coffee, a track so hot that even the most heat protectant cup can’t hold it. It will quite literally spice up your life more than the Spice Girls ever did. What other descriptive and uniquely weird sentences could I write to describe Extraterrestrial? Loads, but we could be here all evening.
Fascinatingly, Tealskie don’t depend on being one-genre-focused, they jump into the studio and just do what feels right, there is not always a guaranteed rhyme or reason to how they create, and that tends to really distinguish them from the crowd.
Tealskie are fresh, with an abundance of unreal aptitude, and this comes out loudly in Extraterrestrial which is a truly top tier new release, and I’m glad that they’ve thrown this one at us so that listeners can come out of their winter hibernation for a cheerful time with them.
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