Outbreak favourites Basement have announced their first album in 8 years ‘Wired’ releasing on May 8th via Run for Cover Records.Alongside the album announcement the band have also released the first new singles from the record “WIRED” and “Broken By Design” both out now!

The band set out to make ‘Wired’ a clear and distinctive artistic statement designed to spark strong reactions. The 12 songs were developed over several years through close collaboration before recording began. They entered the studio with producer John Congleton known for work with Mannequin Pussy, where the fully formed material was recorded with an emphasis on incorporating each member’s contributions while maintaining a balance of clarity and intensity.

Speaking on the lead singles, singer Andrew Fisher says, “‘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 continues, “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 headline Outbreak Manchester on June 29th 2026; the penultimate Sunday slot at the festival. Day tickets have been on sale for a few weeks now and are way over 50% sold out.

The band also play at Outbreak London in Victoria Park on August 23rd 2026 alongside Deftones, Interpol, Idles, Amyl and The Sniffers and many more.

Basement Announce New Album ‘Wired’ on Run For Cover Records