Wired
Basement
WIRED is the fifth studio album from Ipswich, England post-hardcore and alternative rock band Basement, released on May 8, 2026 via Run For Cover Records — the label that launched the band's career and to which they have now returned after a stint on other imprints. It arrives eight years after their previous album Beside Myself (2018), making it both the band's longest gap between records and what many consider their most accomplished statement. Bandcamp describes it as "a hard reset for Basement" and "the most dynamic, daring, and inspired Basement have ever sounded," while vocalist Andrew Fisher has spoken of the record as being more focused on finding peace than prior albums — a step back from the self-deprecating, inward-looking darkness that characterized earlier material. The twelve-track, roughly 30-minute record marks a reunion with the creative instincts and organic approach that defined the band at their best, fusing their signature growling guitars and rousing choruses with an expanded melodic range.
Critical response has been enthusiastic across most quarters. V13 Media called it "Basement's most accomplished, perfectly complete and rounded album to date," while Deep Cut gave it 4 out of 5 stars, noting it "sounds like they never left." New Noise Magazine praised the record for marrying the band's old identity with what they experimented with more recently, singling out the jangly, furious title track — described as a mash-up of Interpol, Bloc Party, and Violent Soho — alongside the grungy "Broken By Design" and the surfer-inflected "Pick Up the Pieces." Sputnikmusic gave it 3.5, noting that "The Way I Feel" stands as the album's peak — a track striking a perfect balance of melody and grit — and that while WIRED never quite matches the heights of 2012's beloved Colourmeinkindness, it clears the bar by a healthy margin and delivers a return that is far stronger than a simple nostalgia play.
Wired
Basement
WIRED is the fifth studio album from Ipswich, England post-hardcore and alternative rock band Basement, released on May 8, 2026 via Run For Cover Records — the label that launched the band's career and to which they have now returned after a stint on other imprints. It arrives eight years after their previous album Beside Myself (2018), making it both the band's longest gap between records and what many consider their most accomplished statement. Bandcamp describes it as "a hard reset for Basement" and "the most dynamic, daring, and inspired Basement have ever sounded," while vocalist Andrew Fisher has spoken of the record as being more focused on finding peace than prior albums — a step back from the self-deprecating, inward-looking darkness that characterized earlier material. The twelve-track, roughly 30-minute record marks a reunion with the creative instincts and organic approach that defined the band at their best, fusing their signature growling guitars and rousing choruses with an expanded melodic range.
Critical response has been enthusiastic across most quarters. V13 Media called it "Basement's most accomplished, perfectly complete and rounded album to date," while Deep Cut gave it 4 out of 5 stars, noting it "sounds like they never left." New Noise Magazine praised the record for marrying the band's old identity with what they experimented with more recently, singling out the jangly, furious title track — described as a mash-up of Interpol, Bloc Party, and Violent Soho — alongside the grungy "Broken By Design" and the surfer-inflected "Pick Up the Pieces." Sputnikmusic gave it 3.5, noting that "The Way I Feel" stands as the album's peak — a track striking a perfect balance of melody and grit — and that while WIRED never quite matches the heights of 2012's beloved Colourmeinkindness, it clears the bar by a healthy margin and delivers a return that is far stronger than a simple nostalgia play.