Basement members tell us about their favorite music videos & albums with animals on the cover

Basement‘s first album in eight years, Wired, is out today via Run for Cover, and to celebrate guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix each made lists for us. Henery told us about five music videos he loves that inspired the videos for the new album, and Crix told us about his five favorite albums with animals on the cover. Watch those below:

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Read our review of Wired in Notable Releases, and pick up our exclusive “green in green” vinyl variant, limited to 300 copies, in the BV shop.

Basement will be on tour in Europe through the spring and summer, and you can see all dates below.

BASEMENT: 2026 TOUR DATES
May 8 26 Leake Street London, UK
May 9 Boom Leeds, UK
May 10 Projekts Manchester, UK
May 11 Mono Glasgow, UK
May 12 Rough Trade Nottingham Nottingham, England
May 13 The Fleece Bristol, England
May 14 The Fighting Cocks Kingston upon Thames, UK
Jun 5 Rock Am Ring Nürburg, RP
Jun 6 Rock im Park Nuremberg, Bavaria
Jun 8 Loppen Copenhagen, DK
Jun 9 Kollektivet Livet Stockholm, Sweden
Jun 14 TAMA Poznań, Poland
Jun 15 Schlachthof Wiesbaden, HE
Jun 17 zakk Düsseldorf, Germany
Jun 19 Hurricane Festival Scheeßel, NDS
Jun 20 outhside Festival Neuhausen ob Eck, BW
Jun 21 Farewell Youth Fest 2 Dresden, Germany
Jun 23 Magazzini Generali Milan, Lombardy
Jun 24 Dynamo Zürich (Dynamo) Zürich, ZH
Jun 25 Jera on Air Ysselsteyn, Limburg
Jun 26 Mia Mao Paris, France
Jun 28 Bowlers Exhibition Centre Manchester, UK
Aug 20 Cabaret Vert Charleville-Mézières, France
Aug 21 Pukkelpop Hasselt, Flanders
Aug 23 Victoria Park London, United Kingdom All Points East
Aug 27 – Aug 29 Canela PartyTorremolinos, Spain