Artist · chart history
The Preatures
Band Sydney Australia Active 2010–2021
The Preatures formed in 2010 in Sydney, Australia and was active until 2021. The Preatures has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Is This How You Feel?”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted The Preatures most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
The Preatures were Sydney's slickest party-starters, a band that formed in 2010 and learned quickly how to make old-school rock and roll swagger feel brand new. Isabella "Izzi" Manfredi led from the front on vocals and keyboards, with Jack Moffitt on guitar and vocals, Thomas Champion on bass and Luke Davison on drums; Gideon Bensen shared the singing and guitar duties until 2016.
The breakthrough came in 2013, when "Is This How You Feel?" won them the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition, a strutting, cool-eyed tune with a groove you can feel in your hips. It anchored their 2014 debut, Blue Planet Eyes, alongside the snappy "Somebody's Talking", and the album made good on the promise: tight, sexy and built on hooks.
They called it a day in 2021, when Manfredi launched a solo career. But the story didn't end there. In December 2024 the band reunited for a one-off show marking ten years of Blue Planet Eyes, with a reissue of the record to go with it, and they kept touring Australia through 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Preatures on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is This How You Feel? | 3 | #9 | – | 2013 | |
| 2 | Somebody's Talking | 1 | #29 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 94 | Is This How You Feel? | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) |
| 2014 | 29 | Somebody's Talking | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 |
| 2013 | 81 | Is This How You Feel? | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 |
| 2013 | 9 | Is This How You Feel? | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
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