That sense of freedom permeates across the record. Sonically, tracks such as 'Intervention' pulsate with the classic Kid Kapichi verve, but in a more malevolent way than ever before. Elsewhere, 'Stainless Steel' plays with dark electronica, while 'If You've Got Legs' feels like a step into the world of huge, indie-rock choruses made for big rooms, tinged with enough Tarantino guitar to give a cinematic tone to the whole project. Project, really, is the right word. Jack describes the record's title as "more of a question", with the record slowly answering some aspects of his breakdown while also bringing up new quandaries for him to consider. 'Head Right' sees him dying to be cut out of the limbo of an ending relationship, even if it'll hurt in the short term, before 'Saviour' longs and yearns for the very person he loved and let go. "I think with each song, some answer questions, some ask them," he explains. "I know that when I wrote it, I was asking a lot of questions. When I listen to it now, I feel like it answers a lot of questions – not to be too arty in the answer! "It's an album that I think most people will relate to; most people will have been through similar things. On a day-to-day basis, things change – things that you thought you understood become cloudy. Listening back now, I feel like a snake that has shed its skin, like my brain has been reconfigured and I get it now." Jack's journey to realisation is mirrored in an album that he calls a "grower"; it's a record which develops on each listen, embedding itself in your psyche and gradually taking hold. "I think we've always gone for instant impact, like capture people's attention straight away; it's a two-and-a-half-minute song, and it's fast-paced, and that's it. This couldn't be more the opposite." He continues: "When you're in that mindset, you're basically in survival mode. I was like, 'I don't really care what anyone thinks of this'. I think that's why it's the best thing we've ever done because it is just so honest in that regard." Honesty doesn't come only in Jack's lyrics, but also in the way the band play with texture, with tracks such as 'Dark Days Are Coming' stripping back the noise to deliver an ominous, haunting portrayal of an insomniac spiral. "Normally with albums, it's been about doing as much as possible, throwing as much at it as you possibly can, layering everything to ridiculous levels and just going for like a wall of sound. I think all bands go through this where they go, 'Yeah, we don't want to do that anymore'. "We kept describing it as like, instead of making Indian food where you have loads of ingredients and keep layering, we want to make Italian food where we have like three ingredients. I was listening to a lot of Bristol trip-hop – like Massive Attack, Portishead – so we went down that route, but keeping it as minimal as possible."

As there is when any band pivots away from their 'original' sound, there is likely to be some Kid Kapichi fans who aren't thrilled by this new direction, although the extent to which those people are really fans is up for debate. Even though the band might be made up of different members – founding members Ben and George having made way for new musicians Lee and Miles – and the narratives the band are weaving might not revolve solely around political frustrations, Jack is keen not to break with the past too violently. "I've started seeing some people reacting to the new tracks – some good, some not so good – but I think art is most exciting when you take a risk," he states. "Also, [previous songs] still exist; that's still us, and we'll still play those tunes. It's just that we've grown as people, so things change, but that's what I want to hear from artists – I want to hear them telling the truth of what's going on for them – but our old stuff is still a part of us." It's the future that is Jack's main focus and source of inspiration right now, though. After a spell playing in smaller venues to re-establish their live rhythm and bed in the new boys, they're ready to explode into this new era with all they have. "Having Lee and Miles has been a massive breath of fresh air and brought a whole new level of excitement to touring and gigging. We've been purposely playing venues a quarter of the size of what we'd normally do, and it felt like intentionally starting again. "Next year, I'm just hoping we stay in that same place. I hope the album is received well. I hope we get to continue doing what we're doing because I still love it as much as I did on day one. I have every intention of doing this until nobody cares anymore, so I hope that people still care about us and care about this record!" As clichéd as it might be, in this case, it's true – Jack had to hit rock bottom in order to get back to his best. 'Fearless Nature' is a testament to a drive, a desire, and a determination not to let the current drag him under. Taken from the February 2026 issue of Dork. Kid Kapichi's album 'Fearless Nature' is out 16th January.