If memory serves me right, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Kid Kapichi show in Leeds that hasn’t been a sell out. Tonight is no exception. With the release of their latest album ‘Fearless Nature’, they’re back up north again for a very intimate show at Headrow House. Despite the miserable weather, the attendees of the sold out show queued around the block, eager to bear witness to a stripped back acoustic set from their favourite Hastings Brit-punks.
It’s almost odd to see the band sitting on chairs when they take to the stage, rather than leaping and storming around like we’re used to. Diving straight in with ‘Leader of the Free World’, which is by far the most mellow intro to a Kid Kapichi show I’ve ever experienced, they then follow it up with ‘Intervention’, which harks back to the Kid Kapichi days of old. Bassist Eddie Lewis’ baselines still rattle through you and drummer Miles Gill’s pounding beats hit hard, proving to any of the potential naysayers of the new album…
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