LOCAL ONE TO WATCH: KID KAPICHI

Photo Credits: Radio 1's Indie Show with Jack Saunders

With my goal to focus more on the local music scene now, I'm back from being at university on the other side of the country, I thought what better way to kick it off than talk about a band from my local area who I've liked for a solid couple years now.

Kid Kapichi are a band on the rise. Going from playing gig after gig at small local venues, they've now had multiple tracks played on BBC Radio One and will be performing on the BBC introducing stage at Reading festival in August.

With fresh wholehearted UK indie seemingly taking a backseat to the retro feeling of classic rock tunes, and other genres like grime and R&B the past couple years, it's nice to see an indie band like Kid Kapichi start rising from the ashes.

With plenty of things to say and impressive guitar riffs, intense drums, and a strong bassline to say them with, it's no surprise that Hastings born Kid Kapichi are getting increasing recognition.

Although I've been following the band for a couple years now, it's really this year where they've got the potential to make it big. With each new release being better than the next, crazy professional music videos and bigger and better performance venues, it's clear Kid Kapicihi are heading somewhere.
What better way to discuss why you should be keeping an eye on this band, than talking about their more recent releases in a bit more detail.

2019

Kid Kapichi began the year of 2019 with a new release titled '2019', a pessimistic and honest look at being a working-class young person in the current day and age. The honest and controversial lyrics are brutal but that's what makes this track so good. The lyrics are angry and the intense intrumentals certainly match the tone. Having lived near Hastings, where the band are from and where the music video is filmed, I know that this is by no means an opinion that only the band have. It's an area with a lot of hidden poverty and deprivation, but it's a place with attitude and spirit, and this song perfectly embraces both sides of this. It's honest, it's somewhat sad, but it's damn catchy too.

Glitterati

Glitterati is another intriguing commentary on the world of today, but in a different sense to 2019. Glitterati discusses the narcissistic and consumerist world we live in, with the music video featuring all types of people you'll recognize from the TV and, more importantly, social media. A catchy beat along with the signature potent guitar and drums, Glitterati will get you tapping along to a hardcore indie song which is a pretty mean feat. As you can see, kid Kapichi are taking on hugely relevant topics and issues and turning them into great indie-rock tracks, and to me that seems like a recipe for success.

Death Dips

With no music video yet, Death Dips is the band's most recent release which has been deemed Tune of The Week by Jack Saunders on his BBC Radio One indie music show. Instrumentals classic to the band are combined with lyrics that are perhaps less of social commentary but are definitely still very on-the-nose. The bridge is the really exceptional part of Death Dips, with an almost comical section consisting of typical fairground sounds leading into a piercing guitar solo, it adds a completely different level to the song and the band. Kid Kapichi aren't just young rockers pissed off with the state of society, they're clever and thoroughly interesting too.

Overall, Kid Kapichi are a fresh and genuinely great band who are clearly going somewhere, so don't be late to the party!

Written by Ruby Crowhurst