Tacocat’s fourth album and first for SubPop, *This Mess is a Place*, is about life after the 2016 election and how to respond to a new reality where evil isn't exactly lurking beneath the surface. Although current realities are depressing enough to make you want to crawl under the covers and sleep for a thousand years, Tacocat does what they've always done so well: inject sparkle, energy, and hope into political critique. *This Mess is a Place* is loaded with hope that stands in opposition to music that celebrates apathy, despair, and numbness.