basement "wired" 12" (180g black)

LABEL : Run For Cover Records

RELEASE DATE : May 8th, 2026

FORMAT : LP

WIRED is a hard reset for Basement. It marks the British band's first album in eight years, a reunion with their original label Run For Cover Records, and a return to making music with unbridled passion and creative institution that's always animated their best material. Since forming in 2009, Basement have always been the same five friends - vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher - with the same alchemic bond. The only thing that's changed in recent years is theirs renewed sense of purpose and their new album makes that loudly apparent. WIRED is the most dynamic, daring and inspired Basement have ever sounded, while also retaining the timeless fundamentals of the band's singular sound: growling guitars, rousing choruses, striking emotional verbiage.

Basement are back firing on all cylinders, but they're not interested in rehearsing old glories. The whole band was adamant that WIRED had to be their most decisive artistic statement yet. Title-track "WIRED" is the most urgent they've ever sounded, a surefire live staple propelled by needling guitars, a slugging drumbeat, and a skycrapping hook that find Fisher's voice in peak form. "Broken by Design" has the opposite temperament: dusky, delicate, bass-led, but still quintessentially Basement in its immediate catchiness and moody character. Nothing on WIRED sounds stagnant. Not one part feels undercooked. The band looked to a smorgasbord of adventurous heroes for inspiration (REM, Interpol, Smashing Pumkins, to name a few) without ever sounding like they're imitating any one band - not even themselves.

The record's title condenses all of this into a single word. The textual connotations of WIRED - metallic, sharp, jagged - evoked the album's steely sonics, and on a more conceptual level, the title speaks to Basement's unshakeable tenacity. An analog band who've thrived in an increasingly digital world without resting on the comforts of nostalgia. Five friends who've persisted through several breakups and breakthroughs, but have only grown as people and evolved as a musical unit. At this point, Basement have to accept their fate: they're WIRED for this shit.

TRACKLIST :

1. Time Waster
2. WIRED
3. Deadweight
4. Broken by Design
5. Pick Up the Pieces
6. Embrace
7. Sever
8. The Way I Feel
9. Satisfy
10. Head Alight
11. Longshot
12. Summer's End

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