PREMIERE | Permanent Collection, "Love Death Existence"

Permanent Collection’s Jason Hendardy & his pal Gus; press photo courtesy of the artist.

There is little in the world that is like the advent of a new Permanent Collection offering. Lead by Jason Hendardy's visions of doom, prosperous bloom, gloom and everything in between the in-between are conveyed through the most amplified economies of guitar-brushed pop paintings. From its earliest inception of bedroom tape projects to the louder garage rock and roar aesthetic of its current iteration; the timeless beauty of Permanent Collection are the unchained updates of all your favorite heroes of noise that are expertly smelted together in a fiery forging of dissonant distortion like melodic iron.

Presenting the first track since making the move from Oakland to Seattle; Hendardy presents the monstrous west coast leviathan that is "Love Death Existence". The track sprints and gallops through the atmospheres and feelings of everything from anarchy, fear, thundering skies, bewilderment, the arms of amour and the ethereal fault line that rides between living and existing. Jason bookends the track with rising waves of raging chords in ascension with a narrative that zigzags with harmonies of the heart with rollercoaster tier arrangement acrobatics at the abyss of existential inquiries. Permanent Collection once again opens the doors of perception to Jarson Hendardy's own museum of modern art that explores, appreciates and challenges our evolving understandings of the world through a medium meant to be played at maximum volume.

Jason Hendardy shared some introductory preface, prologue, prelude of thoughts on the new single:

I was writing “Love Death Existence” while moving from Oakland, California to Seattle, Washington. Just like everyone else, I had and still have a lot on my mind. There's the pandemic, political landscape and pretty much an endless amount of issues to constantly bury oneself under. My physical move made it easy to disconnect from the news and social media and when I did I focused on thinking about more esoteric ideas like the point of being beyond hatred and the idea of time. Why do we love? Why do we die? Why do we even exist? Perhaps call it escapism but I don't care for an answer to any of it.

“Love Death Existence” still has the audible harshness within the instrumentation which is close to the last LP, Nothing Good Is Normal, but the idea and my thinking have definitely shifted. I've got a number of new songs I'm working on and tonally I think it's a bit more in line with where I'm at mentally. I've definitely dropped the anger and I think this song is the final farewell to that despair...for now.

Cover art for “Love Death Existence”.