Pre-Order: Basement – WIRED [Coke Bottle Clear]

WIRED is a hard reset for Basement. It marks the British bands first album in eight years, a reunion with their original label Run For Cover Records, and a return to making music with the unbridled passion and creative intuition thats always animated their best material. Since forming in 2009, Basement have always been the same five friends — vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummerJames Fisher — with the same alchemic bond. The only thing thats changed in recent years is their renewed sense of purpose, and their new album makes that loudly apparent. WIRED is the most dynamic, daring, and inspired Basement have ever sounded, while also retaining the timeless fundamentals of the bands singular sound: growling guitars, rousing choruses, striking emotional verbiage.

Basement are back firing on all cylinders, but theyre not interested in rehashing old glories. The whole band was adamant tha