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MUSIC FEATURE ATC Tea UM Cm ele (eae (tome Melia Nau yee ea me eMac mee ey of classic songwriting: former Preatures frontwoman Isabella Manfredi has delivered a debut solo LP which glints with moxie. We spoke to the musician about her DE LL 74 CC PA a eC n her first solo album away from The Preatures — the band she built and loved within her heart's cockles for 11 years - Isabella Manfredi makes us privy to distillation of that thing the Vanda & Young inning musician has always flung throughout her songwriting: her chutzpah in turning a melody or rhythm on a dime, pivoting quickly with a lightness of step. "When my spirit is flowing ir io | think that’s naturally what | do, and it's a bit of a signature that I've never had an opportunity to develop until now — until this this recor« she tells us. "| like something that feels muscular, and... well- edited. It's the Mars in Virgo in me! I'mii get to the point! "I'm also a very forthright person, so | don't like to faff around. | like to just — give it to me in three minutes, give me thr minutes-thirty, just bam! Bam! Bam!" It's something that she appreciates in visit stack.com.au she loved growing up: Chrissie Hynde, The Kinks, The Beatles, John Lennon, Prince, Holland-Dozier Holland. something David Bowie explored, though i different facet of that artis universe she points to in the way izzi- an album revival and renev life as a performing artis identity. entertainment industry — being an entertainer, a performer, and a songwriter, and a recording artist, and a touring artist - they are so many different identities within themselves,” she expla “I've already had the privilege of working a for ten years in the biz. | get it—| understand how they st, within myself. But | think what was with this album was that | could really tease inet altere jiums, and then he had to pull himself out of it because he lost himself in it. If the la: iple of years anything, it's a real grounding in who | am as a person, a as a mother, as a friend, as a daughter; | have responsibilities, people | care about, and a community. | need to get up and do the dishes. | can't lose myself to a character, but | can be that character and | can envelop myself in her like a cl like a superhero — when | have to: in Manfredi found her other women artists — Stella Donnelly, Alex Hope, Erica End notably, Emma Louise. Manfredi’s connection with the Cain born singer-songwriter mes apparent via a cute story about track Only Child. In this ugh with a beat based on a particularly feminine intriguingly off-ti rding, created s afternoon in LA.
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