Basement have released ‘Head Alight’ as the final track ahead of ‘WIRED’
Their fifth album arrives in May via Run For Cover Records.
Ipswich five-piece Basement have dropped 'Head Alight', completing the run of advance tracks from 'WIRED', their fifth studio album.
Due on 8th May through Run For Cover Records, the record represents the group's first full-length release in over eight years and sees them back on their original label.
John Congleton handled production duties on the album, which spans twelve tracks: 'Time Waster', 'WIRED', 'Deadweight', 'Broken By Design', 'Pick Up The Pieces', 'Embrace', 'Sever', 'The Way I Feel', 'Satisfy', 'Head Alight', 'Longshot' and 'Summer's End'.
On the origins of the new track, vocalist Andrew Fisher explains: "What started out as a love song quickly evolved into something a lot more ethereal. Alex was picking up on what I was saying in a far broader and otherworldly way. He saw it less in a romantic way - a more universal look at the idea of someone's soul or essence being so powerful and beautiful you can't look away. This really excited me because it allowed me to get out of my head and focus on something way more abstract and therefore, hopefully more expansive."
Discussing the production process, Fisher adds: "I hadn't really approached songwriting like this before and I found it really fulfilling. We were really stuck with this sound - focusing on the guitar leading it, in a very indie rock early 2000s thing. It just never felt right. The more we added, the less I liked it. John stripped everything back and it became so much more powerful."
Due on 8th May through Run For Cover Records, the record represents the group's first full-length release in over eight years and sees them back on their original label.
John Congleton handled production duties on the album, which spans twelve tracks: 'Time Waster', 'WIRED', 'Deadweight', 'Broken By Design', 'Pick Up The Pieces', 'Embrace', 'Sever', 'The Way I Feel', 'Satisfy', 'Head Alight', 'Longshot' and 'Summer's End'.
On the origins of the new track, vocalist Andrew Fisher explains: "What started out as a love song quickly evolved into something a lot more ethereal. Alex was picking up on what I was saying in a far broader and otherworldly way. He saw it less in a romantic way - a more universal look at the idea of someone's soul or essence being so powerful and beautiful you can't look away. This really excited me because it allowed me to get out of my head and focus on something way more abstract and therefore, hopefully more expansive."
Discussing the production process, Fisher adds: "I hadn't really approached songwriting like this before and I found it really fulfilling. We were really stuck with this sound - focusing on the guitar leading it, in a very indie rock early 2000s thing. It just never felt right. The more we added, the less I liked it. John stripped everything back and it became so much more powerful."
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