Night Arrives by Fleeting Persuasion: Review

by admin July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022

Night Arrives by Fleeting Persuasion: Review

James Spencer Harrison creates the sound of a dream or nostalgia in his project Fleeting Persuasion’s new single, Night Arrives.

The simplest way to describe this song to anyone would be by asking them to try to imagine the sound of a dream or nostalgia. This song oozes reverb from the first note to the very last. Anyone familiar with effects pedals or guitar effects can tell how difficult it is to keep the sound pleasant with this much reverb added to it but James does it so gracefully that he makes the guitars sound like a choir of angels. The synths and guitars have this airy reverb-soaked ethereal sound and the warmth of Danielle Loughnan’s voice emphasized by the bassline and the slightly distant-sounding drums create such a dreamlike ambiance the song feels like it dances between the dimension of post-rock and dream-pop.

Quotable Lyrics:

The night arrives
Prepared our lines
Went so well I almost wonder now
Sometimes doubt it ever occurred at all
I guess it did

James commenting on the song’s creative process said, “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.” Initially disappointed at his own vocal take of the song he decided to five its vocal duties to Danielle. He explains, “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.” As a result of this, we see this excellent synergy between the two vocals, the instruments, and the theme of the song that we can only describe as the sound of a dream or nostalgia. The song also has a music video released that perfectly fits the song’s vibes.