According to BrooklynVegan.com, Gang of Four called it quits after their 2025 farewell tour but are having trouble saying “that’s all” because they are in support of the No Kings protests, which caused them to write and record the new song “No Kings Here!,” with their 2025 lineup that included Belly’s Gail Greenwood on bass and Ted Leo on guitar. The title of the song is a bit of a misnomer, as the have got a King in the band, frontman Jon King, but that is not the kind of king they are talking about.

The lyrics state: “They’re locking up the children and the brown skinned refugees/They’re rewriting the future and they’re never saying please/They cable tie the youth and they make up alibis/They’re murdering the truth and they’re faking all the lies.” The bold words point out how the political aspect of our society is to blame for what is currently going in America. Musically, this is pure Gang of Four, with Ted Leo doing his best Andy Gill-style angular guitar, that is somewhere between “Anthrax” and “What We All Want,” with the kind of backbone only drummer Hugo Burnham could provide.