News: The Preatures announce archival exhibition & ‘Blue Planet Eyes… Live!’ album

The Preatures announce archival exhibition & ‘Blue Planet Eyes… Live!’ album 

To cap off an extraordinary year of Blue Planet Eyes10-year anniversary celebrations, including a sold-out 15-date national tour, The Preatures have curated an archival exhibition at Rainbow Studios inDarlinghurst, Sydney, where they’ll document their evolution as a band for the very first time. Fans can pore over a decade’s worth of live and behind the scenes photos, song books, hand written lyric sheets, set lists, instruments and the iconic costumes that the band have become famous for. Plus ask the band questions during a live and in-person Q&A, hosted by Dom Alessio, the former-triple j presenter who gave The Preatures their very first spin on radio.

It will also be the first chance to hear Blue Planet Eyes… Live! – a limited edition double LP which captures the magic of The Preatures performing live at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre on their recent Blue Planet Eyes 10^th Anniversary Tour.

The Preatures Exhibition & Pop-Up Store

Rainbow Studios, 348 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst Sydney

12-3pm Sun 7 Dec

FREE ENTRY

A decade on from their ARIA-nominated debut album, The Preatures return with a triumphant live recording from their recent Blue Planet Eyes 10^thAnniversary Tour — an euphoric performance captured at Melbourne’s  Northcote Theatre back in August 2025. It was an unforgettable night that stood out among an already exceptional run of shows where over 10,000 adoring fans around the country sung along with every word.

Blue Planet Eyes… Live! celebrates the group’s singular mix of swaggering pop and rock-and-roll energy, capturing the long-awaited reunion of the original line-up, reigniting one of Australia’s most beloved modern rock acts. With this record, The Preatures reassert their place as a defining band of the 2010s, blending nostalgia with renewed energy, and delivering a live record that brims with chemistry, charisma and soul. The recording showcases why The Preatures have built their reputation as one of Australia’s most electrifying live acts, with the raw energy and connection between band and audience preserved in stunning detail. Mixed by guitarist Jack Moffitt, you can feel the palpable, electric energy of global hit, ‘Is This How You Feel’, the smoky, visceral and pulsating beat of ‘Rock And Roll Rave’ and the fever of fan-favourites like ‘Somebody’s Talking’,‘Better Than It Ever Could Be’ and ‘Cruel’, as well as a stunning cover of Prince’s ‘When You Were Mine’.

The Preatures’ Isabella Manfredi says of the album “A few shows into the tour we realised just how special this moment was. We ended up recording almost all the shows on the tour, but Melbourne really stood out as a hero performance. It was a sensational crowd, almost supernatural in feeling, and we wanted the essence of that audience to live on through the record forever.” 

Courtesy of Impressed Recordings, you can stream it everywhere from Fri 12 Dec, plus collectors can get their hands on a limited-edition vinyl of Blue Planet Eyes… Live! in Negroni Glass, Blood Orange and Bar Stool Black colourways. 

THE PREATURES ‘BLUE PLANET EYES… LIVE!’ 

OUT FRI 12 DEC VIA IMPRESSED RECORDINGS

Released in 2014, Blue Planet Eyes introduced The Preatures to the world with its infectious blend of 60s R&B and country-inflected pop-rock. The album garnered widespread critical acclaim, and a devoted global following crossing genres and generations, thanks to its irresistible hooks, timeless sound and standout tracks like ‘Is This How You Feel?’, ‘Better Than It Ever Could Be’ and ‘Somebody’s Talking’. Debuting at #4 on the ARIA charts, Blue Planet Eyesalso earned four ARIA nominations and a J Award nomination, with a further two songs placing in triple j’s Hottest 100 in the year of their release (‘Is This How You Feel’ #9 in 2013 and ‘Somebody’s Talking’ #29 in 2014).

With their songs ringing out around the world, it was clear The Preatures had found ‘it’: an inexplicable but totally identifiable thing. Suddenly, they had gone from playing clubs for hundreds of people to performing in front of tens of thousands. Their quick rise to fame as one of Australia’s most exciting acts had earned them a reputation for their boundary pushing song writing and magnetic live performances which saw them play countless shows, including a fifty-date regional tour of Australia, two shows at Sydney Opera House, triple j’s Beat The Drum concert, Splendour In The Grass and Falls Festival, as well as huge international spots on Jimmy Kimmel Live, mainstage Coachella, SXSW, Bonnaroo and Glastonbury.