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Basement have announced their new album Wired, their first in eight years, out on May 8 via Run For Cover and produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Mannequin Pussy).
Following their hiatus during the pandemic, the band struggled with whether or not they should break up, each exploring other projects while reflecting on the future. After honest conversations, they regrouped with a renewed sense of purpose, returning to songwriting free from label expectations or outside pressures.
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Almost immediately, Wired began to form, just as Colourmeinkindness’ “Covet” went viral on TikTok. The album’s title track and “Broken By Design,” out today, both explore the tension between feeling pressured by outside forces and reclaiming control, mirroring the band’s own journey back to one another.
“‘WIRED’ is about how sometimes it feels that we are set up to feel and behave in certain ways beyond our control,” vocalist Andrew Fisher says. “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 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 favorite songs to perform and record.”
Fisher continues, “‘Broken By Design’ is about giving something your absolute best and realizing 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 bandmates. 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.”
Watch the videos for “WIRED” and “Broken By Design” and check out their 2026 tour dates below.
Basement – WIRED tracklist
“Time Waster”
“WIRED”
“Deadweight”
“Broken By Design”
“Pick Up The Pieces”
“Embrace”
“Sever”
“The Way I Feel”
“Satisfy”
“Head Alight”
“Longshot”
“Summer’s End”
Basement 2026 tour dates
06/05 – Nürburg, DE @ Rock Am Ring
06/06 – Nuremberg, DE @ Rock im Park
06/08 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
06/09 – Stockholm, SE @ Kollektivet Livet
06/14 – Poznań, PL @ TAMA
06/15 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
06/17 – Düsseldorf, DE @ zakk
06/19 – Scheeßel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/20 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/21 – Dresden, DE @ Farewell Youth Fest 2
06/23 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali
06/24 – Zürich, CH @ Dynamo
06/25 – Ysselsteyn, NL @ Jera on Air
06/26 – Paris, FR @ Mia Mao
06/28 – Manchester, UK @ Bowlers Exhibition Centre
08/23 – London, UK @ Victoria Park
08/27–08/29 – Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party
