Persuasion System

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Persuasion System
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 2019 (2019-05-17)
Genre Synthwave
Length33:09
Label Ghostly International
Producer Seth Haley
Com Truise chronology
Iteration
(2017)
Persuasion System
(2019)
In Decay, Too
(2020)
Singles from Persuasion System
  1. "Existence Schematic"
    Released: March 5, 2019
  2. "Persuasion System"
    Released: April 10, 2019
  3. "Ultrafiche of You"
    Released: May 15, 2019

Persuasion System is a mini-LP by American musician Seth Haley under his stage name Com Truise. It was released on May 17, 2019, by Ghostly International. [1] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Contents

Background and release

Seth Haley's previous works Galactic Melt (2011), Wave 1 (2014), Silicon Tare (2016), and Iteration (2017), tells the story of a space traveler named Com Truise. [2] Iteration was the last album about the story. According to Haley's label Ghostly International, with Persuasion System, "Haley leaves the past narrative behind". [3] According to Ghostly, the album "began as an experiment. Haley switched digital audio workstations, rebuilt his palette of sounds, and tasked himself with simply trying it out". [3]

On March 5, 2019, he announced the album while also releasing its first single, "Existence Schematic". [4] A second single, the title-track, was released on April 10. [5] On May 15, "Ultrafiche of You", the third and final single, was released. [6] A music video for it was released on June 19, which, as described by Ghostly, is a "metaphysical journey through the seasons of life." [7] [8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10 [9]
Metacritic 71/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Exclaim! 6/10 [12]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Sputnikmusic3/5 [14]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [15]

On review aggregator Metacritic, Persuasion System has a rating of 71/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", [10] while, on review aggregator AnyDecentMusic?, the album has a rating of 6.4/10. [9] Critics found the album similar to Haley's previous work; Paul Simpson wrote to AllMusic that "Persuasion System signals a bit of a different approach for Haley, but not so much that it will alienate anyone who enjoyed his earlier releases," [11] while Simon K. wrote to Sputnikmusic that "It's not a bad album by any means and if you like his work, this will deliver in all the ways you’d expect, but in that regard that’s half the problem." [14]

Track listing

Persuasion System track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Worldline"1:53
2."Persuasion System"3:49
3."Gaussian"2:01
4."Ultrafiche of You"4:59
5."Kontex"3:42
6."Existence Schematic"4:03
7."Laconism"4:06
8."Privilege Escalation"5:57
9."Departure"2:39
Total length:33:09

Charts

Chart performance for Persuasion System
Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [16] 47
US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard) [17] 41
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [18] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20] 14
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [21] 8

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