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Preston 'Dressed To Kill'
“I am ready to be a popstar,” declares Preston, one time Ordinary Boy, now returning as a solo artist who is anything but ordinary. “I want to be a popstar, and I’m going to do that on my own terms!”
The first single ‘Dressed To Kill’ finds Preston crooning over a shimmering array of heartbeat bleeps. The single, written and co-produced by Preston also sees him playing every instrument. And if you really know your musical history, you may recognise a sample of Siouxsie and The Banshees’ 1980 single ‘Happy House’ in ‘Dressed To Kill.’
Despite The Ordinary Boys’ last four singles hitting the top 10, and the option to take the easy route by just staying on the touring merry-go-round, in April 2008 a far more adventurous Preston called time on the band, deciding to reboot his music from scratch. He has spent the past year working on his forthcoming solo album ‘Whatever Forever’ due later this year.
“I wanted to go into the studio like a mad professor, trying everything, always experimenting,” explains Preston. “I guess that could be seen as being really self-indulgent, but I'd never been able to do before because of the confines of being in a band. Sometimes the band were worried about doing something that would tread on the fans toes, but I think it's actually nice to tread on the fans toes now and again because it wakes them up. It gives them a reminder of what it they saw in you in the first place, why you are different to everything else that’s out there.”
‘Whatever Forever’ is not a record that plays it safe or blands it out – this is a fizzing adrenalin ride of pure pop moments.