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Today the deliciously gothic Fleeting Persuasion have unveiled their new video for the track ‘Rewind’ off their sophomore album ‘Will They Come Back’ released at the beginning of the year. This comes ahead of their hometown Melbourne show with Bluebottle Kiss and Screamfeeder this weekend (9 November). ‘Rewind’ has a rumbling prowling insistent thunder while the …

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Masters of the dark arts of post punk atmospheric music, Fleeting Persuasion today unveil the new album ‘Will They Come Back’. It’s a powerful dark epistle highlighted by arching ambulant bass, jangling and scything guitars with distant dreamy vocals that seemingly hang in the ether. Fleeting Persuasion is driven by James Harrison (guitar/vocals) who wrote and …

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We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Faded’ from Sydney shoegaze noiseniks Fleeting Persuasion, a track which rumbles and prowls like a caged, enraged predator while the sweet vocals bubble underneath the maelstrom. The slightly discordant guitars and fuzzy thumping bass create a visceral blast of noise that eviscerates the soul, while the …

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Working with Tobey Doctor (ex-drummer from Sounds Like Sunset), James Harrison is back in 2023, again under the nom de plume Fleeting Persuasion, and we are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Slipped’ before its release into the wild on Monday. Fleeting Persuasion have been on our …

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A muscular bass spine with the genetic code of New Order or The Cure drives the shimmering new single ‘Etched’ from Fleeting Persuasion (essentially the work of Melbourne songwriter James Spencer Harrison), while his urgent vocals recall the passion and vitality of Richard Butler from The Psychedelic Furs. But the overall sound is something unique …

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The project of Melburnian James Spencer Harrison, who has also released several albums, singles and EPs under the J M S Harrison moniker, Fleeting Persuasion, has just released the delicate and yearning single ‘Passed Through’. Jangling guitars and a sense of peaceful resolve filter through this pensive track that drifts like a leaf floating along …

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‘Eternal’, the new single from Melbourne’s Fleeting Persuasion, prowls and circles with a delicious brooding intensity and dark gothic undertones. There is a euphoric mix of a new wave arctic chill with the jangling angular guitars and something more electronic and syncopated. A subtle touch of backing vocals adds a delicate shaft of light. It …

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