Basement Announce First New Album In Over Eight Years 'WIRED'
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Adam Powell
Basement have announced their first new album in eight years.
The British alt-rock stalwarts will release 'WIRED' via Run For Cover Records on May 8, following up 2018's 'Beside Myself'.
Produced by John Congleton, the 12-song album is previewed with two singles, the title track and Broken By Design. The former finds the four-piece at their most urgent, fuelled by sharp guitars and pounding drums that build to a soaring hook, while the latter is a darker bass-led offering. Both arrive with videos directed by Ashley Rommelrath and Tas Wilson, respectively. Vocalist Andrew Fisher said:
"‘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 continued: "'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."
Basement will support the LP with a European tour this summer, including a headlining show at Outbreak Festival in Manchester in June and a set at Outbreak Fest London in August as part of the All Points East series. Tickets are on sale now. North American dates are to be revealed soon.
Since their last album, Basement released a 10th anniversary deluxe reissue of their 2012 second album 'Colourmeinkindness' in 2022.
'WIRED' 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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