Basht. share new single 'Keira Knightley'
Basht. | Photo credit: Polocho
Rising Dublin band Basht. are today sharing their new single 'Keira Knightley', the latest song to be revealed from their upcoming debut album Poor Advice, out 9th October via LAB Records.
'Keira Knightley' follows recent single 'Perfume', which set the pace for Poor Advice with its looming atmospherics, intoxicating vocals and pitch-black subject matter. On 'Keira Knightley' the band indulges in charged and reflective post-punk, detailing desperation and heartbreak.
Vocalist and guitarist Jack Leavey comments on the new single: "This song is about the desperate lengths people go to in an effort to save a relationship. “I’ll call you daily / hold you tightly / ring your bell like Keira Knightley" [a reference to the movie Love Actually]. It’s about a relationship I had that started off being incredibly exciting and loving but then slowly devolved into jealousy, desperation and resentment.
“Our flirtations undeciding / I’m not sure if he’s just a friend / something’s different, why are you crying / is this about to end?”
Sonically we wanted to push the dial out from what we’ve previously released and give people a new flavour of Basht. and a hint of what’s to come."
Basht. have earned themselves a devoted fanbase in the run up to their debut album, in no small thanks to taking their knockout live show on tour with the likes of DEADLETTER, Everything Everything and Wunderhorse, and featuring at festivals including The Great Escape, Truck, Supersonic Block Party, Liverpool Sound City, Dot To Dot, Live at Leeds, and Other Voices.
Produced by Ali Chant (Dry Cleaning, Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey), 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.
Pre-save / pre-order Poor Advice here
Listen to 'Keira Knightley' on streaming services here and watch the video below.
Basht. are: Jack Leavey (vocals, guitar), Lughaidh Armstrong-Mayock (lead guitar), Ryan McClelland (drums) and Louis Christle (bass)
More about Basht.'s debut album Poor Advice
Ireland also has a darker history, shaped by the strong influence of the Catholic Church over private life, particularly in cases of unplanned pregnancy - 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."
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."
See Basht. live on the following dates
Tickets available here
Jun 20 - TRNSMT, UK
Jul 02 - Rock Werchter, BE
Jul 11 - Papillion, Southampton, UK
Jul 30 - Amersham Arms (War Child Fundraiser), London, UK
Jul 31 - The Booking Hall, Dover, UK
Aug 01 - Wilderness Festival, Oxford, UK
Aug 09 - Boardmasters Festival Newquay, UK
Aug 29 - Rock N Roll Circus, Sheffield, UK
Aug 30 - Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
Sep 05 - Zero Four Three Festival Maastrich, NE
Sep 25 - Gathering Sounds Festival, Stockholm, SE
Oct 27 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK - LOW TICKETS
Oct 28 - Art School, Glasgow, UK - LOW TICKETS
Oct 29 - Gorilla, Manchester, UK - SOLD OUT
Oct 30 - KOKO, London, UK - LOW TICKETS
Nov 07 - Button Factory, Dublin, IE - LOW TICKETS
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