Getdown Services - Massive Champion

Make way for the boundless energy of Bristol’s Josh Law and Ben Sadler, who are back with their 2nd full-length of anarchic joy and seditious wit – and we are here for it! Coining another treasure trove of earworms and t-shirt-worthy lyrics, ‘Massive Champion’ finds catharsis in contradiction, meeting often heavy subject matter with both candour and humour.

A triumph of hard work and the grassroots scene, Getdown Services are one of the most exhilarating and unpredictable bands around (you’ve seen ‘em live right?). Pushing deeper into the singular world they have been building for years, this is an ode to childhood, British cultural detritus and the absurd poetry of everyday life, adeptly harvesting everything that has made them such a word of mouth phenomenon.

“High octane, low-culture genius” - The Guardian

“The most exciting and interesting band in the UK right now”- Clash

“One of the best live bands out there full stop” - Rolling Stone UK

“A gleeful antidote to po-faced indie cool” - The Observer

For Fans Of:The Streets / Sleaford Mods / Big Special / Yard Act / Pulp / Antony Szmierek

Massive Champion is the highly anticipated album from Bristol’s Getdown Services; the follow up to cult classic debut, ‘Crisps’.

An odyssey of anarchic joy, seditious wit and boundless energy, the album finds Josh Law and Ben Sadler pushing deeper into the singular world they have been building for years, while opening up new emotional and lyrical ground. Written in green rooms, on long car journeys and in the gaps between relentless touring, it stands as their boldest and most expansive statement to date, an ode to childhood, British cultural detritus and the absurd poetry of everyday life, distilling everything that has made Getdown Services one of the most exhilarating and unpredictable bands around. In the band’s words it is “about self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isn’t actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think it’s about us trying to clean up our act a bit.”

‘I Can’t Die Like That’ provides the second taste of the album and is the kind of instant earworm built for festival crowds. Wildly infectious, it is quintessential Getdown Services, pairing huge hooks with the band’s perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, “‘I Can’t Die Like That’ is about the feeling of simple things becoming complicated. We thought it was interesting to think about the ways in which something as straightforward as dying can be difficult. It’s also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but aren’t necessarily healthy.”