Basht. announce headline tour dates for Spring 2027
Having just released their debut album Poor Advice (LAB Records) to critical acclaim, and scoring chart success in the UK (Official Albums Chart Top 40) and Ireland (#1 Independent Album), Basht. have been seeing their fanbase grow exponentially with sold out shows in both territories. In 2027 they will ride that momentum into much bigger venues, including their biggest headline show to date at London's O2 Forum.
Produced by Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey) Poor Advice has racked up streams in the millions, with singles from the album 'Kids Vs Guns', 'Terror TV', 'Keira Knightley' and 'Perfume' all receiving airplay across BBC 6 Music, Radio 1, Radio X and more. The band will perform a live set for BBC Radio 1's Future Artists show on Monday 9th November.
Basht.'s debut album Poor Advice arrives draped in looming atmospherics, intoxicating vocals, confronting pitch-black subject matter. Whether discussing the
genocide in Palestine, the influence of the Catholic church, the fragility of treasured relationships, or media distrust, a kind of quiet patience murmurs at the core of Basht., the band only showing their hand when the right moment presents itself. Their gift is turning the reflective and emotionally heavy into the sprawling and powerful.
Praise for Basht. and debut album Poor Advice
"fittingly heavy, impressively succinct and leaving little to the imagination as it lays the failings of the church, the state and society bare." - Clash ????
"the kind of sound that hits your stomach as much as your ears." - Dork
"Across 10 tracks, nervous intensity dwells beside quiet-loud-quiet manoeuvres, making the likes of Dive, Terror TV, Vermilion Reptilian, Circadia, Kids vs Guns and the title track among the most rock-solid and politically vital of the year." - The Irish Times ?????
"emotionally weighty" - Line of Best Fit
“a band in glorious revolt, fired up and feisty” – MOJO ????
"Tumbling riffs and crashing waves of guitar sit at the richer, more measured end of the record, marking ['Kids Vs Guns' as] one of the band’s most direct songs yet." - Notion
"A concept album exploring societal power dynamics, their long-awaited debut album is a testament to the band's lyrical and instrumental growth over the years as well as the importance of making a statement in the current climate" - So Young
"like those mid-tempo Pixies classics that sound like they’ve just fallen into a table." - The New Cue
"underneath [Keira Knightley's] hooky lines is something much darker and more reflective, setting up a more ambitious side of the band" - Wonderland
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More about Basht.'s debut album Poor Advice
Vocalist and guitarist Jack Leavey comments: "Poor Advice is a bruising concept album that traces the tangled wires between power and those crushed under it.
Through 10 tracks, it maps the old dance between church and state in Ireland, where pulpits and governments traded sermons for policy and shaped a generation with guilt, silence, and obedience.
It then pulls that thread into the present, following how moral authority has been outsourced to boardrooms and barracks, with the military industrial complex running like a grim metronome: conflict brewed, weapons sold, grief managed, contracts renewed.
Poor Advice is the title because it’s all the counsel handed down from above: keep your head down, say your prayers, trust the deal."
Basht. are: Jack Leavey (vocals, guitar), Lughaidh Armstrong-Mayock (lead guitar), Ryan McClelland (drums) and Louis Christle (bass).
