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Persuasion sees Blondes abandon the slow burn approach and chuck any kind of subtlety straight out of the window. On this (much shorter) EP, the band trade in their haze of dense pads for higher tempos, more structured arrangements, and harder sounds. The trippy fog of synth pads have gone, and in their place is a much tougher feel – the Berghain bass of the title track a good indication of what's to come. Skippy hi-hats and gurgling arpeggiated synth (they've not ditched everything, it would seem) bounce on a relentless 4/4, taking in their penchant for hypnotic electronica, but melding it to the dancefloor. And that is what this is – a pure dancefloor record. It's still out on it's own, and when compared to most other dancefloor staples, sticks out like a sore thumb, but this is Blondes at their most heads-down ferocious.

It's good to have Blondes back, and it'll be interesting to see how RVNG INTL release this, after the surprise 'here you go, take it' approach they took to Swisher. Regardless to how it comes into the world though, it's a stunning collection of the most forward thinking dance and electronica I've heard all year – one part of me wishes Blondes would just rise up and overtake the Four Tets of the world, if for nothing else than a fucking change to festival line-ups, but that wouldn't be their style, I suspect.

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1. Persuasion
2. Son
3. Inner Motive

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When they first developed their distinctive brand of off-kilter live techno, Sam Haar and Zach Steinman would regularly get together for jam sessions. Since then, most of their tracks have been composed this way. Things change, though, and the three tracks that make up the Persuasion EP were instead composed in the studio. Aesthetically, they explore similar themes to the duo's previous work - see the L.I.E.S influenced darkroom pump of "Inner Motive", and the dub-flecked late night hypnotism of "Son" - whilst trying to push things on further. That's best demonstrated by "Persuasion", which is almost psychedelic in its intoxicating effect

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  • Album download leak: See leak report at the top of the page.
  • Album stream: There is no official stream reported.
  • Album pre-order: blondes.bandcamp.com

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