[3] Crosses, which formed with Shaun Lopez, Chino Moreno and Chuck Doom, became inactive in 2015 after the supporting tours for their self-titled debut album.

[4] Moreno was particularly interested in returning to Crosses because his main band Deftones had just released Ohms but its supporting tour was on hold indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[10] Crosses began promoting Permanent Radiant with a digital single for the song "Vivien" and a corresponding music video on October 28, 2022.

[11] All three music videos for Permanent Radiant feature an unnamed female protagonist played by actress Thais Molon as she goes on, what Revolver magazine describes as, "surreal, Lynch-ian misadventures.

writer Nick Ruskell gave the EP a 4/5 rating praising the depth and atmosphere found on the songs, elaborating: Permanent Radiant, the band's first output in eight years, finds them with creative juice at full flow, even now operating as a two-piece following a split from Chuck.