# Norwegian-UK post-punk outfit Permafrost presents timely single ‘Restore Us’

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/norwegian-uk-post-punk-outfit-permafrost-presents-timely-single-restore-us/
- Published: 2021-09-03T08:31:46-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

_“Raw, genuine and grabbing… With a powerful melody and plenty of reverb and appealing
synth, there is still a charming quality here amidst this ominous hymn – impressive”_
~ **The Spill Magazine**

_“Evokes all that glory from the post-punk days”_ ~** Depeche-mode.com**

_“Permafrost delivers a strong if slightly dark melody against those gothic sounding
guitars” ~_**Nordic Music Review**

_“A splendid time machine… these lads have got the whole thing down” ~ _**Backseat
Mafia**

_“Stunning”_ – **FMS Magazine**

_“Pulses with a relentless, foreboding surge” ~_** Post-punk.com**

Norwegian-UK outfit [**Permafrost**](https://www.facebook.com/Permafrostofficial)
has announced their new single[ **‘Restore Us’**](https://youtu.be/YfB3e-ToRlk),
which includes the original version and two remixes. This will be available as of
September 3 via the **Fear of Music** label with distribution by **Secretly Noord**.

Permafrost - Restore Us

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Watch this video on YouTube

**‘Restore Us’**

We’ve become numb to endless conflicts and mountebanks posing as leaders. A figurative
plague has divided us for most of the modern era. It took a literal one to bring
us together, albeit in the darkest of ways.

One would be forgiven for feeling a little nostalgic for better times about now,
and we’re long overdue for a hard reset. With ‘Restore Us’, Permafrost has just 
released what could be the theme song for the post-lockdown era.

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**Photos by Sofie Amalie Klougart**

Permafrost was formed in 1982 in Molde, Norway by **Frode Heggdal Larsen** and **
Kåre Steinsbu** during the first post punk era, taking their name from a Magazine
track. They released the** ‘Godtment’ EP** a year later. **Robert Heggdal**, **Trond
Tornes** and eventually [**Daryl Bamonte**](https://www.instagram.com/this_is_bam/?hl=en),
who had worked with bands like **Depeche Mode** and **The Cure**, rounded out the
group. In 2019, they released the** ‘Permafrost’ EP** to high praise. The well-received
singles [**‘Closed Eyes’**](https://youtu.be/FPe3uh1wPxk)** **and[ **‘Femme Fatale’**](https://youtu.be/fD6WOyDFViU),
both of which reached #1 on the **Indie Disko Top40** and top 5 in the **Deutsche
Alternative Chart **and the **Native25 chart**, were released earlier this year,
spending several weeks at the top of many indie charts.

As industry veterans, their long arc provides some crucial perspective as we enter
uncharted waters. In fact, ideas for the song have been germinating for three years,
with it ultimately coming into focus over the past year. Both foreboding and optimistic,‘
Restore Us’ is less the battle hymn that is usually the stock in trade of the post
punks, and more of a face-the-facts statement that _it’s time._
The accompanying
video’s footage was shot in 1987 by keyboardist Daryl Bamonte, during Depeche Mode’s‘
Music For The Masses’ tour, while he was working with the band. It shows the energy
and enthusiasm of a group on the ascent, in a country concurrently starting its 
slow decline into the new consumerism era, reaching its logical conclusion when 
a failed salesman would become president three decades later. A man forged in that
epoch, with a commitment to a laissez-faire modus operandi and putting profits over
people, became the glaring symbol of our ultimate undoing.

The film takes us back to a time when bands were embracing a “get in the van” lifestyle,
while naively passing through the intestinal tract of the beast, getting their kicks
on Route 666, during the unraveling of an American Dream that probably never was.
As the song concludes, shifting from its dark minor key to one that is more sanguine,
we also see oddly foreboding, shaky footage of an airliner.

The emergence from dark times presents opportunities if we take them. Restoration
doesn’t have to mean going back to the time portrayed in the video. Were the “good
times” really that good, or were we being fooled all along, ignorantly living in
our bubbles? As we get back on the road, perhaps we should reconsider the route 
this time around. The recent reminder that the world is indeed very small and connected
can also be an instruction to restore our humanity.

As of September 3, ‘Restore Us’ will be available everywhere online, including [**Spotify**](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1fP06oBp8NNxL3p5WQ4Quz)**,**
[**Apple Music**](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/permafrost/1493450237) and [**Bandcamp**](https://permafrost3.bandcamp.com/)**,**
where their other music can also be found. It can be pre-saved on Spotify at [http://smarturl.it/Permafrost-RestoreUs](http://smarturl.it/Permafrost-RestoreUs)

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**TRACK LIST**
1. Restore Us2. Restore Us (Pyxis Remix)3. Restore Us (MAPS Remix)

**CREDITS**
Written by PermafrostProduced and engineered by PermafrostMixed and 
Mastered by Paul CorkettPress release by Alex MaioloVideo by Mimi SupernovaFilm 
footage by Daryl Bamonte

**FOR FANS OF: **Joy Division, Magazine, The Cure, Talking Heads, Pere Ubu, Yello,
Fad Gadget, The Residents, Wire, Wolfgang Press

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