The Preatures

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The Preatures
The Preatures Twilight at Taronga, 2018.jpg
Isabella Manfredi and Jack Moffitt, 2019
Background information
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genres
Years active2010–2021
LabelsMercury Records Australia
Past members
Website web.archive.org/web/20210617175602/https://www.thepreatures.com

The Preatures were an Australian indie rock band from Sydney, New South Wales, who formed in 2010. [1] The band consisted of lead vocalist and keyboardist Isabella "Izzi" Manfredi, guitarist and vocalist Jack Moffitt, bassist Thomas Champion, and drummer Luke Davison. Vocalist and guitarist Gideon Bensen was a member of the band until 2016. In 2013, the Preatures won the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition with their song "Is This How You Feel?" [2] They disbanded in 2021, following the launch of Manfredi's solo career. [3]

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History

Champion and Moffitt were school friends at Newington College, Sydney, [4] and they met Manfredi at the Australian Institute of Music in 2008. They formed a band together and in 2010, added Luke Davison and Gideon Bensen, calling themselves The Preachers. [5]

In 2012, they changed the spelling of their name to the Preatures to avoid legal complications with other bands using similar names. They signed with Mercury Records and released their debut EP, Shaking Hands. [6] The EP featured the single "Take a Card", written by Manfredi, with Bensen on lead vocals. It was uploaded to Triple J Unearthed. [7]

In 2013, they released their second extended play, Is This How You Feel?, which was preceded by two singles, "Is This How You Feel?" and "Manic Baby". "Is This How You Feel?" attracted considerable success, winning the $50,000 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, receiving a nomination for an ARIA Award for Best Pop Release, [8] and being voted ninth in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2013. [9]

The band's debut studio album, Blue Planet Eyes , was released on 30 September 2014, [10] peaking at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [11] At the 2015 ARIA Awards, the group were nominated in three categories. [8]

Bensen left the band on good terms in March 2016. [12]

Their second and final studio album, Girlhood , was released on 11 August 2017 by Island Records. It was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album. [13] The single "Yanada" was co-written with Darug musician Jacinta Tobin. [14] Along with the release of the single, the Preatures launched a campaign to help the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies raise money to maintain the documentation of Indigenous languages. [14]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
[15]
Blue Planet Eyes 4
Girlhood 13

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Shaking Hands
  • Released: 12 October 2012
  • Label: Mosy, Mercury Records (3717118)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Is This How You Feel?
  • Released: 9 August 2013
  • Label: Mosy, Mercury Records (3747799)
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
[15]
"Take a Card" [18] 2012—Shaking Hands
"Young Brave Me" [19] —
"Is This How You Feel?" [20] 201346
  • ARIA: Platinum [21]
Is This How You Feel?
"Manic Baby" [22] —
"Better Than It Ever Could Be" [23] 2014—Non-album single
"Two Tone Melody" [24] —Blue Planet Eyes
"Somebody's Talking"—
"Cruel"2015—
"I Know a Girl" [25] 2016—Non-album single
"Girlhood" [26] 2017—Girlhood
"Yanada"—
"Magick" [27] 2018—

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. [28]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2014 "Is This How You Feel" (Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt)Song of the YearNominated [29]
2015 "Somebody's Talking" (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt)Song of the YearShortlisted [30]
The Preatures (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt)Breakthrough Songwriter of the YearNominated [31]

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2013 Is This How You Feel? Best Pop Release Nominated [32]
2014 Two Tone Medley Tour Best Australian Live Act Nominated
2015 Blue Planet Eyes Best Group Nominated [33]
Best Rock Album Nominated
The Cruel TourBest Australian Live ActNominated
2017 GirlhoodBest Rock AlbumNominated [34]

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2014 Blue Planet Eyes Australian Album of the YearNominated [35]

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2018 The PreaturesLive Pop Act of the YearNominated [36] [37]

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins"; it is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. It commenced in 2009. [38]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2013Isabella Manfredi for "Is This How You Feel?"Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition1st [39]

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