Basement have returned with new album ‘Wired’ after eight years away
The band will tour Europe this summer, ending at London's All Points East.
Basement are set to make their return with a new album titled 'Wired', their first release in over eight years.
The album is scheduled for release on 8th May via Run For Cover Records, marking a reunion with the label that originally launched their career.
The band, consisting of vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher, have also unveiled two lead singles from the album: 'WIRED' and 'Broken By Design'.
Commenting on the singles, Fisher explains, "'WIRED' is about how sometimes it feels that we are set up to feel and behave in certain ways beyond our control. That no matter how hard you try to hide it, eventually it will come out - either by choice or by force. This song was almost lost - a few of us were into it, but it sort of lost traction for a bit. Then one day it cropped back up and we put it at the forefront of our minds and it ended up being one of my favourite songs to perform and record."
He adds, "'Broken By Design' is about giving something your absolute best and realising it’s destined to fail. Getting to the other side of the situation, looking back and deciding to do everything differently and feeling grateful for the opportunity to grow. We’ve all done a lot of work on getting better at talking to each other as friends and as band mates. Sometimes that's an easy distinction - or rather, not a distinction at all. Other times, the lines are blurred and we lose track of who we are and why we do this. When I’m singing, 'let’s go back to the start' I mean to when we did this purely for fun. For an excuse to see each other, to travel, to be creative, to express ourselves through music. We all feel so lucky to be in a position to still get to do this and this album and this song in particular, is us trying to go back to how it should be."
The tracklisting for 'Wired' reads:
'Time Waster'
'WIRED'
'Deadweight'
'Broken By Design'
'Pick Up The Pieces'
'Embrace'
'Sever'
'The Way I Feel'
'Satisfy'
'Head Alight'
'Longshot'
'Summer’s End'
The album is scheduled for release on 8th May via Run For Cover Records, marking a reunion with the label that originally launched their career.
The band, consisting of vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher, have also unveiled two lead singles from the album: 'WIRED' and 'Broken By Design'.
Commenting on the singles, Fisher explains, "'WIRED' is about how sometimes it feels that we are set up to feel and behave in certain ways beyond our control. That no matter how hard you try to hide it, eventually it will come out - either by choice or by force. This song was almost lost - a few of us were into it, but it sort of lost traction for a bit. Then one day it cropped back up and we put it at the forefront of our minds and it ended up being one of my favourite songs to perform and record."
He adds, "'Broken By Design' is about giving something your absolute best and realising it’s destined to fail. Getting to the other side of the situation, looking back and deciding to do everything differently and feeling grateful for the opportunity to grow. We’ve all done a lot of work on getting better at talking to each other as friends and as band mates. Sometimes that's an easy distinction - or rather, not a distinction at all. Other times, the lines are blurred and we lose track of who we are and why we do this. When I’m singing, 'let’s go back to the start' I mean to when we did this purely for fun. For an excuse to see each other, to travel, to be creative, to express ourselves through music. We all feel so lucky to be in a position to still get to do this and this album and this song in particular, is us trying to go back to how it should be."
The tracklisting for 'Wired' reads:
'Time Waster'
'WIRED'
'Deadweight'
'Broken By Design'
'Pick Up The Pieces'
'Embrace'
'Sever'
'The Way I Feel'
'Satisfy'
'Head Alight'
'Longshot'
'Summer’s End'
The band is set to embark on a European tour this summer, culminating in an appearance at London’s All Points East Festival in August.
The dates read:
JUNE
5 Rock Am Ring, Nürburg, RP, Germany
6 Rock im Park, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
8 Loppen, Copenhagen, DK (with Glare)
9 Kollektivet Livet, Stockholm, Sweden (with Glare)
14 TAMA, Poznań, Poland (with Glare)
15 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, HE, Germany (with Glare)
17 zakk, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Glare)
19 Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, NDS, Germany
20 Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, BW, Germany
21 Farewell Youth Fest 2, Dresden, Germany
23 Magazzini Generali, Milan, Lombardy, Italy (with Fiddlehead)
24 Dynamo Zürich (Dynamo), Zürich, ZH, Switzerland (with Fiddlehead)
25 Jera on Air, Ysselsteyn, Limburg, Netherlands
26 Mia Mao, Paris, France (with Fiddlehead)
28 Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, UK (Outbreak Festival headline)
AUGUST
23 Victoria Park, London, UK (All Points East)
27–29 Canela Party, Torremolinos, Spain
The dates read:
JUNE
5 Rock Am Ring, Nürburg, RP, Germany
6 Rock im Park, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
8 Loppen, Copenhagen, DK (with Glare)
9 Kollektivet Livet, Stockholm, Sweden (with Glare)
14 TAMA, Poznań, Poland (with Glare)
15 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, HE, Germany (with Glare)
17 zakk, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Glare)
19 Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel, NDS, Germany
20 Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck, BW, Germany
21 Farewell Youth Fest 2, Dresden, Germany
23 Magazzini Generali, Milan, Lombardy, Italy (with Fiddlehead)
24 Dynamo Zürich (Dynamo), Zürich, ZH, Switzerland (with Fiddlehead)
25 Jera on Air, Ysselsteyn, Limburg, Netherlands
26 Mia Mao, Paris, France (with Fiddlehead)
28 Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, UK (Outbreak Festival headline)
AUGUST
23 Victoria Park, London, UK (All Points East)
27–29 Canela Party, Torremolinos, Spain