About: The Preatures
We wanted ‘Is This How You Feel?’ to be the
blueprint for the record,” declares Izzi, “In terms of the sounds, and what we
wanted to achieve.”
Given the song’s success, it seemed a tall
order. The breakthrough single catapulted the five-piece from Sydney’s worst
kept secret to Australia’s freshest music export, landing them on stages at
Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo and the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. It clocked in
at #9 on triple j’s Hottest 100 poll, won the coveted Vanda & Young
Songwriting Competition, and earned them high praise from fans as diverse as
Pink, Harry Styles and the late, great Doc Neeson.
Blue Planet Eyes not only lives up to its
bold aspirations, it blows them away. As addictive as it is ambitious, it takes
the promise of ‘Is This How You Feel?’ and projects it widescreen, popping with
delicious grooves, hip-hugging bass lines and choruses that just won’t quit.
From the sultry swagger of ‘Whatever You
Want’ to the juicy licks of ‘Ordinary’, through the hedonism of ‘Rock And Roll
Rave’… it’s an exhilarating combination of Rock & Roll and Soul, at the
centre of which beats a heart of brash, joyous pop.
“I really wanted to explore pop writing,”
explains Izzi “That’s the overarching theme [on the album]. I never thought I
would be writing pop music, I don’t think any of us did. But the more I got
into it, the more I love it – how I could make people feel the most in the
least amount of time”
With two acclaimed EPs to their name, the
band finally bunkered down to record their long-awaited LP amidst a heavy
international touring schedule. As luck would have it, their first pick for
producer Jim Eno (best known as the drummer of Texas rockers Spoon) was
available, so they packed a suitcase of half-formed songs and headed to his
Public Hi Fi studio in Austin.
“Jim taught us a lot of good shit,” says
Thomas. “It was nice to work with a producer who’s in an actual band that we
respected. He could explain things frankly.”
With Jack and Jim sharing the production,
the three-week sessions were busy and fruitful. The band worked through songs
during the weeks, jetting off on the weekends to play shows. Working songs in
the studio, then road testing them live at career defining shows at South By
Southwest and Coachella.
“When we played ‘Somebody’s Talking’ for
the first time at Coachella, it didn’t have a chorus – I was just riffing
words,” recounts Izzi, “We got away with it, but it wasn’t ideal. I much prefer
writing in the studio, but playing it live made me realise what a great song it
could be.”
With time at Public Hi-Fi running out all
too soon, the band came home to their Sydney studio ‘Doldrums’ in Surry Hills
to finish the job and “add the sparkle”.
“It was like we’d spent three weeks making
playdoh and then had to mould it into something,” says Thomas. Jack continues,
“We had two weeks left, we stayed up so many nights going through all the
sessions. Last minute takes, re-tracking entire songs in a day… It was
exhausting and tense.”
The late nights and last minute takes have
paid off in full. Short, sharp and punchy: Blue Planet Eyes shows a band boldly
evolving and reveling in their newfound freedom and vitality.
“I never want people to be bored when they
listen to our music,” says Izzi, “I just want a record that makes people happy
and present. That has songs that make you feel like there’s no other song on
Earth for those three minutes.”
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