★★★★★
England is a place that appears to enjoy its dreary image, with the stereotype of grey attitudes and greyer skies usually accurately describing the mood most comfortable for the majority of its inhabitants. It is an attitude inevitable to a country which manages to rain all the times it shouldn't, as well as when it should...
- www.alterthepress.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
If you're a fan of the U.K. rockers Basement, strap yourselves in. Before they go on hiatus, they've left you something incredible. It's a near-flawless record and the swansong they've cultivated makes their impending absence hit home really hard. "Whole" is a brilliant opener as Basement continue their impressive hardcore style (with tinges of grunge), right down to the very end...
- www.punknews.org
2012-10-25
★★★★★
Release Date: October 23, 2012 There is a long running joke/discussion among my best friends about how close Mineral's guitar licks and tone don't stray far from that of Temple of the Dog. It's a stretch, but it brings up the point that we often try to dice apart whole genres so much, and I often wonder why. Is it because there is a distinct sound to the music at hand? Or is it really to separate something you love from something you hate, but secretly love due to popular opinion...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-09-20
★★★★★
I don't believe it. There is no way that I Wish I Could Stay Here can be Basement's debut album. The mature songwriting displayed by the Ipswich quintet across 10 tracks is the stuff that veterans can only dream of...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2011-08-08
★★★★★
It would be really easy to call Basement the UK Title Fight. They've toured with Title Fight in the UK, they've put out records on the same label, and their respective sounds are rooted in the same late '90s/early '00s east coast melodic hardcore/pop-punk/emo vibe that seems to be re-blossoming these days...
- www.punknews.org
2011-08-08
★★★★★
Basement, an Ipswich, UK-based band release their first full length, I Wish I Could Stay Here, with the confidence and experience of a well-seasoned veteran; a welcome shot in the arm for a scene that was saturated with limp copycats of glory days long gone. There is something very '90s emo (please don't run away just yet) about Basement. I was immediately sucked back into my teenage years with glimpses of Sunny Day Real Estate and The Get Up Kids...
- absolutepunk.net
2011-08-01
★★★★★
Luckily for me, reviews for records like 'I Wish I Could Stay Here' pretty much write themselves. Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed EP, 'Songs About the Weather', the band's debut LP is half an hour of pure brilliance. Encompassing an alluring spectrum of post-hardcore, pop-punk and emo, 'Basement' sound a million miles from their Ipswich origins. Take for example the superb, 'Earl Grey'...
- www.alterthepress.com
2011-07-25
★★★★★
Ipswich/Nottingham punk group, Basement have been gaining a lot of praise in the punk rock community and on various sites on the internet, all of it is well deserved as this début 7" shows. Whilst comparisons to the likes of Polar Bear Club and Title Fight being rather predictable, 'Songs About the Weather' still sets a high benchmark for the five-piece with its urgency and favourable sound. Tracks like 'Skip Town' and '1104 Porter St' are tight and race through but retain their structure...
- www.alterthepress.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
Release Date: 2010 Who? No, not the part in your house where you do laundry. Basement hails from Ipswich/Nottingham, United Kingdom. Having toured with the likes of Crime In Stereo, The Wonder Years, Title Fight, Polar Bear Club, and Shook Ones, Basement is ready to unleash their sound on US audiences with the release of their new 7", Songs About the Weather. How Is It? Imagine if Title Fight and Polar Bear Club had sex; Basement would be the love child...
- absolutepunk.net
2010-05-07
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