I Wish I Could Stay Here

I Wish I Could Stay Here
Studio album by Basement
Released	5 June 2011
Genre	Emo,[1][2] pop punk,[2] post-hardcore,[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, released in June 2011. The album opens with a sample of the movie An Affair to Remember (1957).^[3]

In April 2012, the band went on the Rocksound Impericon Exposure Tour with Man Overboard, Trapped Under Ice and Your Demise.^[4]

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. 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)