{"product_id":"basement-wired-signed-copies","title":"Basement - WIRED - Signed copies!","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned copies! :-)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWIRED is a hard reset for Basement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt marks the British band’s 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 that’s always animated their best material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince forming in 2009, Basement have always been the same five friends -- vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart, and drummer James Fisher -- with the same alchemic bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only thing that’s changed in recent years is their renewed sense of purpose, and their new album makes that loudly apparent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWired is the most dynamic, daring, and inspired Basement have ever sounded, while also retaining the timeless fundamentals of the band’s singular sound: growling guitars, rousing choruses, striking emotional verbiage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasement are back firing on all cylinders, but they’re not interested in rehashing old glories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe whole band was adamant that Wired had to be their most decisive artistic statement yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle-track “WIRED” is the most urgent they’ve ever sounded, a surefire live staple propelled by needling guitars, a slugging drumbeat, and a skyscraping hook that finds Fisher’s voice in peak form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Broken By Design” has the opposite temperament: dusky, delicate, bass-led, but still quintessentially Basement in its immediate catchiness and moody character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing on Wired sounds stagnant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot one part feels undercooked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe band looked to a smorgasbord of adventurous heroes for inspiration (REM, Interpol, Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few) without ever sounding like they’re imitating any one band -- not even themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe record’s title condenses all of this into a single word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe textural connotations of Wired -- metallic, sharp, jagged -- evoke the album’s steely sonics, and on a more conceptual level, the title speaks to Basement’s unshakeable tenacity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analog band who’ve thrived in an increasingly digital world without resting on the comforts of nostalgia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive friends who’ve persisted through several breakups and breakthroughs, but have only grown as people and evolved as a musical unit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this point, Basement have to accept their fate: they’re wired for this shit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUN FOR COVER","offers":[{"title":"Wired Swirl Vinyl First Run Edition LP (signed)","offer_id":53058480243030,"sku":"MRM-04101","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl - Signed copies!","offer_id":53058480734550,"sku":"MRM-04102","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD - signed copies!","offer_id":53058480931158,"sku":"MRM-04103","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/70e0fc343d97f46f7ccf7066e874952a.jpg?v=1775597701","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/basement-wired-signed-copies","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}