BASIC Details 2nd Album & Confirms 2026 Tour Dates

BASIC — Chris Forsyth (Solar Motel Band), Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day) and Mikel Patrick Avery (Natural Information Society) — will release their self-titled sophomore album on June 12 through No Quarter. The trio will play a run of shows supporting the forthcoming record, which was previewed via the single, “Index Of Memories.”

BASIC follows the 2024 debut full-length, This Is Basic (recorded before McCombs joined), and the 2025 EP, Dream City. The forthcoming LP was tracked over two days in September 2025 at Electric Audio in Chicago, the renowned recording studio founded by the late Steve Albini.

“I’d say we invented 60% of this record on the spot at Electrical,” Forsyth said. “This record is exciting for me because I really didn’t know what it was until we were finished with it.”

Minimal overdubs were added and the final mix was done over three days in January 2026 at Uniform Recording in Philadelphia. Four of the seven tracks on BASIC include contributions from Philadelphia-based double bassist John Moran.

BASIC will perform a series of shows supporting the album’s release, including multiple dates with McCombs’ band Tortoise. Tour and ticketing information, as well as “Index Of Memories” and the BASIC tracklist are collected below.

BASIC Tracklist

1. Premonition
2. Brutalist With Filigree
3. Loose Canon
4. Pulse
5. Index of Memories
6. It Ignites
7. Union Pool Melody