Permanent Moves – Don’t Forget Us

“Don’t Forget Us,” is the latest single from Permanent Moves, the duo project of Shane Chapman and Julia Sirna-Frest, an indie-electro-folk-rock outfit from Brooklyn. The track uses the work of Anton Chekhov as inspiration and features the powerhouse vocals of Jessie Shelton of Hadestown and 36 Questions.

Shelton’s vocals are quite theatrical, really fitting the storyteller vibe Permanent Moves is going for. The song lulls on and off until a violin string section played by Shelton at the 2-minute mark, reminiscent of The Cinematic Orchestra, sends the song into a folk-rock ballad explosion. The music video features Chapman, Sirna-Frest, and Shelton in a painter’s studio covered in surreal, splotchy paintings.