Foreign Terrestrials

Foreign Terrestrials has always represented the people who feel slightly out of place. The weird kids. The overthinkers. The people who never completely figured out which box they were supposed to fit into. Instead of trying to hide that, the band kind of celebrates it. Our music can be loud, chaotic, emotional, playful and sometimes all of those things within the same song. I think the band represents being comfortable with contradictions and realizing you don’t necessarily need to clean yourself up into one easily understandable thing.

People keep asking us what genre best describes Foreign Terrestrials. But the more I think about it, the more that question almost contradicts the name itself. The name Foreign Terrestrials is basically a play on feeling alien while still being completely human. “Terrestrial” means something belonging to Earth, while “foreign” implies something unfamiliar or out of place. That contradiction always felt right for us. You can be exactly where you’re supposed to be and somehow still feel like you landed on the wrong planet.

"Coming from an immigrant background, I often ended up feeling kind of foreign in many of the community spaces I tried to integrate into. Music allowed me to create my own space. It allowed me to fundamentally build my own community. I didn’t have to put on a mask or a dialect. I was allowed to unconditionally be me. Foreign Terrestrials is meant to be a place for everyone. You don’t have to justify your existence to be part of it. You just have to approach creativity and collaboration with respect and a love for the game." 
 - Sampreet Arneja