Fleeting Persuasion is a lockdown project from singer-songwriter James Spencer Harrison and it’s heavenly in it’s delivery. His experience of crafting songs and touring has established his new body of work and his latest offering comes in the from of single “Night Arrives.”
Bathed in reverb, the track ebbs and flows between different melody lines creating a very distinctive sound. A strong rhythm section keeps a groove going, creating an infectious feel to the track. The vocal is warm and heartfelt, and all these elements combined result in his signature melancholic nostalgia.
Speaking about the release, he says: “Knowing what the overall vibe will be is such a crucial thing for me early in the writing phase, so using a dodgy recording app I started playing around with beats and keys for around a dozen new songs.
I rang Josh Whitehead at Crosstown Studios and sent him the demos and he said I was crazy for starting a new project,” Harrison laughs. “But he also said he had some experience in synths and beats so together we decided to work on one song at a time.
Single number three is ‘Night Arrives’ (which premiered with Forte), a song that states its case with a slow and momentous drum beat, bathed in reverb. Singer Danielle Loughnan takes the lead on this song, her warm and resonant voice the perfect sonic vessel for Harrison’s lyrics. As he explains, initial recordings of him singing the song weren’t quite landing as he wanted. “I listened back at home and didn’t feel like it had quite the right impact so I had the idea to get my friend Danielle, who has sung backup vocals on several past songs to sing the amazing, subtle and powerful lead on this one; with myself on backup vocals.”
Harrison also co‐wrote and played on the debut album by alt‐rock project, Old Etiquettes. The release of A Blur Again saw the quartet supporting Australian legends The Clouds and Falling Joys at The Croxton Bandroom. With all this under his belt, he’s going from strength to strength and we can’t wait to see his next move.
