{"id":45444,"date":"2026-05-03T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45444"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:07:37","slug":"basht-announce-debut-album-poor-advice-share-new-single-perfume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45444","title":{"rendered":"Basht. announce debut album \u2018Poor Advice\u2019 + share new single \u2018Perfume\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dublin&#8217;s Basht. are ready to make their big statement \u2014 debut album &#8216;Poor Advice&#8217; drops October 9th, and lead single <em>Perfume<\/em> is here to set the tone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rising Dublin outfit Basht. have been one of those bands quietly building something special in the live circuit trenches, and today that patience pays off. The band have announced their debut album <strong>&#8216;Poor Advice&#8217;<\/strong>, due October 9th via LAB Records, and unveiled its lead single, <em>Perfume<\/em> \u2014 and yeah, it&#8217;s a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve caught Basht. live \u2014 or seen them tear it up supporting DEADLETTER, Everything Everything or Wunderhorse \u2014 you already know the deal. They&#8217;ve also done the festival rounds at The Great Escape, Truck, Supersonic Block Party, Liverpool Sound City, Dot To Dot, Live at Leeds, and Other Voices. The hype is real and it&#8217;s been earned. After their celebrated 2025 EP <strong>&#8216;Bitter and Twisted&#8217;<\/strong>, this is their first new music of the year and it arrives fully formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About <em>Perfume<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey), <em>Perfume<\/em> is all brooding atmospherics and intoxicating vocals \u2014 the kind of track that slowly wraps around you before it explodes. It&#8217;s introspective and heavy, but it earns every second of its payoff. This is a band that knows how to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hHHQvo_Cf0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocalist and guitarist Jack Leavey explains the track:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Perfume is about the relationship between father and son from the perspective of the son as he recounts his parents&#8217; marriage falling apart. Ireland also has a darker history, shaped by the strong influence of the Catholic Church over private life, particularly in cases of unplanned pregnancy \u2014 where young couples were often pressured into marriage to preserve respectability and avoid shame. These unions were not always based on love or readiness, but on moral expectation and social control, with alternatives like single parenthood heavily stigmatised, especially for women. This song reflects that reality, capturing how personal lives were shaped by external pressures, where duty could outweigh desire and a single moment could determine the course of an entire future.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About &#8216;Poor Advice&#8217;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just a debut album \u2014 it&#8217;s a concept record with teeth. Ten tracks mapping Ireland&#8217;s entanglement with church and state, and then yanking that thread right into the present day \u2014 boardrooms, barracks, the military industrial complex. Heavy stuff, handled with purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack on the album:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;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&#8217;s all the counsel handed down from above: keep your head down, say your prayers, trust the deal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Poor Advice&#8217;<\/strong> is out <strong>October 9th via LAB Records<\/strong>. Pre-save \/ pre-order <a href=\"https:\/\/basht.tmstor.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catch Basht. Live<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The band are deep into a run of live dates \u2014 a few have already sold out, so don&#8217;t sleep on tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 22 \u2014 Mi Ami Festival, Milan, IT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 23 \u2014 NBHD Weekender, Warrington, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 24 \u2014 Bearded Theory, Derbyshire, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 27 \u2014 Les Etoiles, Paris, FR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 28 \u2014 Ekko, Utrecht, NL <strong>(SOLD OUT)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 29 \u2014 Vestrock Festival, Hulst, NL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 29 \u2014 Dauwpop, Hellendoorn, NL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jun 20 \u2014 TRNSMT, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jul 02 \u2014 Rock Werchter, BE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug 09 \u2014 Boardmasters Festival, Newquay, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug 29 \u2014 Rock N Roll Circus, Sheffield, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aug 30 \u2014 Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sep 05 \u2014 Zero Four Three Festival, Maastricht, NL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basht.os.fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basht. are: Jack Leavey (vocals, guitar), Lughaidh Armstrong-Mayock (lead guitar), Ryan McClelland (drums) and Louis Christle (bass).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Basht.: <a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-yddkjtkt-ejlihlkhu-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-yddkjtkt-ejlihlkhu-q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-yddkjtkt-ejlihlkhu-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-yddkjtkt-ejlihlkhu-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dublin&#8217;s Basht. are ready to make their big statement \u2014 debut album &#8216;Poor Advice&#8217; drops October 9th, and lead single Perfume is here to set <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45444\" title=\"Basht. announce debut album \u2018Poor Advice\u2019 + share new single \u2018Perfume\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[13389,14062,342,399,13543,14059,5554,829,14061,14060],"class_list":["post-45444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-ali-chant","tag-basht","tag-debut-album","tag-dublin","tag-irish-music","tag-jack-leavey","tag-lab-records","tag-new-music","tag-perfume","tag-poor-advice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0702.jpeg?fit=900%2C597&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bOY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26729,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26729","url_meta":{"origin":45444,"position":0},"title":"Moviestar announce debut album &#8216;Stupid People \/ Happy Days&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Intergalactic archeologists Moviestar prepare to astound and amaze with their new collection of sci-fi infused punk-rock tracks. 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