Promise Everything

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Metacritic	75/100[2]
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Clash	7/10[4]
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Exclaim!	9/10[6]
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The Line of Best Fit	9/10[10]
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Before the release of their second album Colourmeinkindness (2012), Basement announced a hiatus because of personal commitments.^[12] Guitarist Alex Henery later revealed it was due to vocalist Andrew Fisher wishing to become a certified teacher which required him to return to school for a period of a year and a half.^[13] Drummer James Fisher, Andrew's younger brother, was graduating from art school, and the rest of the members were working on their respective careers.^[13] Henery, meanwhile, was working as a videographer in Boston, Massachusetts for record label Run for Cover.^[14] In late January 2014, the group announced that they would be returning from their hiatus and would perform shows during the summer.^[15][16] The band recorded an EP, Further Sky, in secret^[13] before releasing it in July.^[17]

In August 2014, Henery revealed the group was writing material for a new album.^[16] Although Henery was located in the US and the rest of the band was in the UK, they would send each other ideas.^[18] The group managed to have a few practice sessions before composing the album.^[18] Henry found it "a little tough", but the group managed to "[make] it work".^[18] In early April 2015, the band posted they had begun recording^[19] with producer Sam Pura.^[20] Recording took place at Assault and Battery 2 in England, while mixing would later be done by Pura at the Panda Studios in California.^[21] Brian Gardener mastered the recordings.^[21] The album's sound has been described as alternative rock,^[4] compared to American bands such as Jimmy Eat World, Failure, and Soundgarden.^[22] Henery later named American band Autolux as "the biggest influence" on the record as "they just had energy and had that distortion, but still had really cool melodies."^[22]

On 19 October 2015, Basement's third album, Promise Everything, was announced for release and the artwork was revealed,^[23] which was done by R.V.^[21] On 28 October, "Promise Everything" was made available for streaming^[24] and was released as a single.^[25] In October and November, the band supported the Story So Far.^[26] On 10 December, "Oversized" was released as a single^[27] and a music video was released for it.^[28] A music video was released for "Aquasun" on 14 January 2016,^[29] which was directed by Henery.^[30] The song was released as a single on the same day,^[31] and released to American radio a week later.^[32] The album was made available for streaming on 22 January^[33] and was released through Run for Cover on 29 January.^{[24][nb 1]} In February and March, the band went on a UK and Europe tour. The tour, which featured Tigers Jaw and Alex G as support acts,^[34] was the band's biggest tour so far.^[35]

In April and May, the band went to on a US tour with support from Turnstile, Defeater and Colleen Green.^[36] Following this, the band went on tour in Australia with support from Turnover and Break Even.^[37] The band toured the UK in July with support from Dinosaur Pile-Up and The Sun Days.^[38] In October and November, the band supported Bring Me the Horizon on their UK arena tour.^[39] In February and March 2017, the band went on a UK tour with support from Higher Power.^[40] A deluxe edition of the album was released on March 3 through Fueled by Ramen.^[41] The band supported Thursday on their reunion tour in the US throughout March and April.^[42] On 12 April, a music video was released for the new version of "Promise Everything".^[43] In June, the band performed at the Download Festival.^[44] In December, the band supported Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes on their headlining UK tour.^[45] The title track was made available as DLC in the video game Rock Band 4

Personnel per booklet.^[21]