KID KAPICHI's 'There Goes The Neighbourhood' melds sharp social critique with everyday levity against an unchanging, disastrous political backdrop, delivering a defiant soundtrack for a fast-paced world. Read our latest Dork Playlist cover feature now.

Words: Steven Lotfin.

Not much has changed since Kid Kapichi released 2022's 'Here's What You Could Have Won'. With their second album, the Hastings quartet created a snapshot of their surroundings, both immediate and afar, most notably on Bob Vylan-featuring lead single 'New England'. But, the trouble is, the country is still in the same state as it was then. "Only for the worse, really, innit?" guitarist Ben Beetham chuckles with disbelief.

"When we were starting to write this album, we were like, are we going to sound like a broken record?" vocalist Jack Wilson says. "And it's like, well, the record is broken!" Under a consistently shit Tory government, the horizon has never seemed bleaker, and it's in this realm that Kid Kapichi's new album 'There Goes The Neighbourhood' tries to balance hilariously scathing observations with more lighthearted day-to-day topics such as, erm, being scared of your partner's Subaru-owning brother. Once again, the quartet - completed by bassist Eddie Lewis and drummer George Macdonald - have been digging deep to put the world to rights with Kapichi attitude.

"So, yeah, we do probably sound like a broken record because nothing has changed, and things have only got worse," Jack says with disbelief. "I mean, I would like to see what we would write about if things changed - that would be an interesting album. But for the time being, it feels like there's still stuff to be said; there's still more to be said on the same subjects, and things do seem to be getting worse."