BASEMENT — Announce First Album Release In Eight Years ‘WIRED’

On Friday 8 May, British alternative rock mainstays Basement return with WIRED, their first new album in eight years and a reunion with their original label, Run For Cover Records. Spanning 12 tracks, the record sees the band reconnect with the unfiltered passion and creative instinct that has long defined their most vital work.

Today, the band — vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher — preview WIRED with the release of lead singles “WIRED” and “Broken By Design,” offering an early look at the album’s dynamic scope. The title track captures Basement at their most urgent: a likely live staple driven by needling guitars, pounding drums, and a towering hook that showcases Fisher’s voice at full power. By contrast, “Broken By Design” takes a more restrained approach — dusky, delicate and bass-led — while still retaining the immediate melodic pull and brooding character that has become synonymous with the band.

Speaking about the singles, Andrew Fisher explains:

“‘WIRED’ is about how sometimes it feels that we’re 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 really into it, but it sort of lost traction for a bit. Then one day it came back around and we put it right at the forefront of our minds, and it ended up becoming one of my favourite songs to perform and record.”

He continues:

“‘Broken By Design’ is about giving something your absolute best and realising it’s destined to fail. Getting to the other side of that situation, looking back and deciding to do everything differently, while feeling grateful for the opportunity to grow. We’ve all done a lot of work on getting better at communicating with each other — as friends and as bandmates. Sometimes that’s an easy distinction, or not really a distinction at all. Other times the lines blur and we lose track of who we are and why we do this.

When I sing ‘let’s go back to the start,’ I mean going back to when we did this purely for fun — as an excuse to see each other, to travel, to be creative, and to express ourselves through music. We all feel incredibly lucky to still be able to do this, and this album — and this song in particular — is about trying to return to how it should be.”

Listen to “WIRED” and “Broken By Design” and watch the accompanying videos below. The former was directed by Ashley Rommelrath, while the latter was directed by Australia’s own Tas Wilson and filmed on location in New South Wales while the band were touring the country with Turnstile earlier this January.