The Preatures were an Australian

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band from Sydney, New South Wales, who formed in 2010. 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

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with their song " Is This How You Feel?" They disbanded in 2021, following the launch of Manfredi's solo career.

Career

Champion and Moffitt were school friends at

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, Sydney, 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. 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''. The EP featured the single "Take a Card", written by Manfredi, with Bensen on lead vocals. It was uploaded to

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. 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

, receiving a nomination for an ARIA Award for Best Pop Release, and being voted ninth in

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's Hottest 100 of 2013. The band's debut studio album, ''

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'', was released on 30 September 2014, peaking at No. 4 on the

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. At the

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, the group were nominated in three categories.ARIA Music Awards for the Preatures: * Search Results 'The Preatures': * 2013 winners and nominees: * 2014 winners and nominees: * 2015 winners: Bensen left the band on good terms in March 2016. 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. The single "Yanada" was co-written with

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musician Jacinta Tobin. Along with the release of the single, the Preatures launched a campaign to help the

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raise money to maintain the documentation of Indigenous languages.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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, , "Is This How You Feel" (Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt), , Song of the Year , , , , , - , rowspan="2", 2015 , "Somebody's Talking" (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt) , Song of the Year , , , - , The Preatures (Gideon Bensen, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison, Isabella Manfredi, Jack Mofitt) , Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year , , , -

ARIA Music Awards

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

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, ''Is This How You Feel?'' , Best Pop Release , , , - ,

, Two Tone Medley Tour , Best Australian Live Act , , , - , rowspan="3", 2015 , rowspan="2", ''Blue Planet Eyes'' , Best Group , , rowspan="3", , - ,

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, , - , The Cruel Tour , Best Australian Live Act , , - ,

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, ''Girlhood'' , Best Rock Album , ,

J Awards

The

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are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

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's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. ! , - ! scope="row,

, ''

'' , Australian Album of the Year , ,

National Live Music Awards

The

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(NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016. ! , - ! scope="row",

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, The Preatures , Live Pop Act of the Year , ,

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The

is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins"; it is coordinated by

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and

APRA AMCOS APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...

. It commenced in 2009. ! , - ! scope="row", 2013 , Isabella Manfredi for "Is This How You Feel?" , Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition , style="background:gold;", 1st ,

References

External links

* (archived at the

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) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Preatures 2010 establishments in Australia Australian indie pop groups Australian indie rock groups Female-fronted musical groups Musical groups disestablished in 2021 Musical groups established in 2010 Musical groups from Sydney