I Wish I Could Stay Here

I Wish I Could Stay Here
Studio album by Basement
Released	5 June 2011
Genre	Emo,[1][2] post-hardcore,[2] pop punk,[2] punk rock[1]
Length	28:26
Label	Run for Cover
Producer	Jesse Cannon
Basement chronology
Songs About the Weather (2010) I Wish I Could Stay Here (2011) Colourmeinkindness (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alter the Press	[2]
Punknews.org	[1]

I Wish I Could Stay Here is the debut studio album by English rock band Basement. The album opens with a sample of the movie An Affair to Remember (1957).^[3]

Release

It was announced that the band had signed to Run for Cover on August 23, 2010.^[4] I Wish I Could Stay Here was released in June 2011 through Run for Cover. In April 2012, the band went on the Rocksound Impericon Exposure Tour with Man Overboard, Trapped Under Ice and Your Demise.^[5]

Track listing

All music composed by Basement.

1. "Fading" – 2:17
2. "Plan to Be Surprised" – 2:19
3. "Canada Square" – 4:08
4. "Crickets Throw Their Voice" – 3:25
5. "Earl Grey" – 2:35
6. "Ellipses" – 3:40
7. "Every Single Word" – 1:57
8. "Yoke" – 2:26
9. "Grayscale" – 2:29
10. "March" – 3:15

Personnel

Basement

• Ronan Crix – guitar
• Andrew Fisher – vocals
• James Fisher – drums
• Alex Henery – guitar
• Duncan Stewart – bass

References

Citations

1. OverDefined. "Basement I Wish I Could Stay Here". punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
2. Goodchild, Chantelle. "Album Review: Basement - I Wish I Could Stay Here". alterthepress.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
3. Ayres 2016, p. 45
4. Shultz, Brian (August 23, 2010). "Run for Cover signs Basement". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
5. Rock Sound (24 February 2012). "Basement To Play Intimate Gig In A Church!". Rock Sound Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

Sources

• Ayres, Matt (March 2016). McLaughlin, David, ed. "Started from the Bottom Now We're Here". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (210). ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

• I Wish I Could Stay Here at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)