The Teskey Brothers are an Australian blues rock band from Melbourne, named after the two brothers who formed the group in 2008: Josh Teskey and Sam Teskey. In 2019, they signed with Glassnote Records and Ivy League Records. They have released three albums: Half Mile Harvest (2017), Run Home Slow (2019) and The Winding Way (2023). At the 2019 ARIA Music Awards, The Teskey Brothers were nominated for seven awards. They won three categories for the album Run Home Slow, Best Group, Best Blues and Roots Album and Engineer of the Year.

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The Teskey Brothers are an Australian blues rock band from Melbourne, named after the two brothers who formed the group in 2008: Josh Teskey (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Sam Teskey (lead guitar). In 2019, they signed with Glassnote Records and Ivy League Records. They have released three albums: Half Mile Harvest (2017), Run Home Slow (2019) and The Winding Way (2023). At the 2019 ARIA Music Awards, The Teskey Brothers were nominated for seven awards. They won three categories for the album Run Home Slow, Best Group, Best Blues and Roots Album and Engineer of the Year (Sam Teskey).\n

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Career

The band was formed in 2008 by two brothers, Josh Teskey (vocals) and Sam Teskey (guitar), along with Brendon Love (bass) and Liam Gough (drums). They started by playing in the streets and at parties, then playing larger venues. They were soon attracting attention from record labels. The band began to experience success in 2017. On 12 January 2017, The Teskey Brothers released their debut album, Half Mile Harvest, which was produced in their home studio. Half Mile Harvest was in the Top 20 of the ARIA charts and eventually became number one on the ARIA Independent Album charts.\n

In 2018, they signed a deal with Downtown Music Publishing. In 2019, the band signed with Glassnote Records, Ivy League Records, and Mushroom Music Publishing. In July 2019 won the Levi Music Prize; a prize to financially assist Australian and New Zealand acts to achieve their export goals. The band contributed seven songs for the 2019 Palm Beach soundtrack which was released in July 2019. On 2 August 2019, The Teskey Brothers released their second studio album, Run Home Slow which debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Charts. The album won Engineer of the Year for Sam at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019. The album also won the ARIA Award for Best Group and Best Blues and Roots album. In 2022, \"Carry You\", a song from the album, was certified Gold by ARIA.\n

In April 2020, the band announced the release of their first live album, Live at the Forum, released on 15 May 2020.\n

In April 2021, the band released a cover of INXS' \"Never Tear Us Apart\" in dedication to Michael Gudinski.\n

In October 2021, the band announced the release of Live at Hamer Hall, an album recorded in December 2020 and set for release in December 2021.\n

On 28 November 2022, it was announced that bassist Brendon Love and drummer Liam Gough would be departing the band, resulting in the band establishing itself as a duo.\n

In January 2022, the band released a cover of Archie Roach's \"Get Back To The Land\" with Emma Donovan.\n

In early 2023, The Teskey Brothers announced their third studio album, The Winding Way, which was released on 16 June 2023. The album was preceded by the singles \"This Will Be Our Year\" and \"Oceans of Emotions\".\n

Style

Their music is in the style of Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding. The band plays soul music, with jazz and rhythm and blues influence.\n

Discography

Studio albums

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Live albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

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The Teskey Brothers

Broadcast History