Kid Kapichi

Here's What You Could Have Won

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ft. Bob Vylan.
Genre: Punk.
Released: 23/09/2022
Via Spinefarm Records

Album Review: Kid Kapichi – Here’s What You Could Have Won

Hasting’s own Kid Kapichi are back with a new album titled ‘Here’s What You Could Have Won’ and fans have been making a lot of noise about the new release. The band have done an excellent job getting their new music out there to newer fans with performances and social media advertisement so they have set the expectation high for the new release. Here’s what I thought about ‘Here’s What You Could Have Won’

Attitude and rebellion are how the album gets started in the form of ‘New England’. A dominant track with a fiery feature from Bob Vylan that will bring out your inner anarchist while questioning the state of your country. The song is extremely catchy and just feels like a huge deal. It’s an amazing way to kick things off and it flows nicely into ‘Rob The Supermarket’. Angsty and groovy is the best way to describe this one. Simplistic melodies matched with repetition gets the song stuck in the listener’s head and it does little out of the ordinary which makes the song a very easy listen.

The album thrives off the short yet impactful nature of the songs within it. ‘5 Days On (2 Days Off)’ brings out the cowbell while ‘I.N.V.U’ takes a much more electronic approach to add some diversity to the sound on the record. Bringing back the aggression is ‘Super Soaker’, a track that uses a beefy beat to dive the track’s message straight into the listener’s mind.

Switching it up briefly is ‘Party At No.10’ as it brings out an acoustic guitar for a song that is screaming for a long moment at festivals around the world. ‘Cops & Robbers’ really brings out the funky side of the band’s sound. A more eccentric instrumental compliments the vocal delivery nicely as the very raw and electronic sound encourages movement from the listener.

‘Tar Pit’ slows the tempo down but keeps its intensity within its lyrics. A much more methodical feel to the song is a welcome change as it shows the band is capable of switching up their sound while keeping the essence of the music intact. Really changing it up is the track ‘Never Really Had You’. A subtle and mellow number that loses the beefiness in favour of more melodic work and a stronger focus on the vocal delivery.

If you’re looking for one last source of aggression then unsurprisingly ‘Smash The Gaff’ is the track for you. Distortion matched with a dirty-sounding synth is a winning recipe and Kid Kapichi has nailed it. Sounding almost demonic at times, the song really dials into the eccentric nature of the band’s instrumentals to drive its message home. Playing the album out is ‘Special’, a return to the mellow style. This song sounds like it could be played during the credits of a blockbuster movie so it nailed its job of closing out the album!

As a whole, This is a strong album from Kid Kapichi. It certainly isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea however it will absolutely please those people who are looking for a more modern take on the punk formula. Unafraid to change things up, the band are quickly creating their own sound which is becoming synonymous with their music.