It was released on April 30, 2021,[1] via Sony Music Nashville through their imprints Elevation Worship Records and Provident Label Group.

The featured worship leaders on the album are Dante Bowe, Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine, Brandon Lake, Joe L. Barnes, Tiffany Hudson, Chris Brown, and Amanda Lindsey Cook.

Old Church Basement is supported by "Jireh", "Talking to Jesus", and "Wait on You", which were released as promotional singles.

At the 2022 Grammy Awards, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, with "Jireh" being nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song and "Wait on You" also getting nominated for Best Gospel Performance/Song.

[9] That same day, they released "Jireh" featuring Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine, as the first promotional single from the album,[10][11] along with its accompanying music video.

[14] On April 9, 2021, Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music released "Talking to Jesus" featuring Brandon Lake as the second promotional single from the album.

[22] Joshua Andre in his 365 Days of Inspiring Media review, described the album as being more cohesive than Elevation Worship's previous releases such as Graves into Gardens and Hallelujah Here Below, declaring that "Old Church Basement stands tall amongst quite a lot of worship albums from this year- both Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music deserve to be congratulated, and to be proud of themselves.

"[24] Yap noted however, that the track length of the songs and them being mostly ballads were the major weaknesses of the record, opining that the listening experience "can be on the taxing and tedious side.

"[26] Rob Allwright, reviewing for One Man In The Middle, opined "There are many positive points for this album.

The early songs are very catch, you will not forget the choruses and bridges easily, they will stick with you for some time to come.

There are a range of different voices on the project who all bring a great vocal and a touch of variety and diversity which is always welcome.

[33] Old Church Basement debuted on the OCC's Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart at No.