Massive Champion
âMassive Championâ is the highly anticipated new album from Bristolâs Getdown Services, set for releasevia Breakfast Records. The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, it arrives alongside lead single âI Canât Die Like Thatâ and news of the duoâs biggest UK headline tour to date, including Roundhouse on 8th December. The announcement follows Getdown Servicesâ debut appearance on Later... with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed BBC 6 Music playlisted single âThe Radiatorâ, one of âMassive Championâsâ genuinely irresistible thirteen tracks.
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 bandâs words it is âabout self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isnât actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think itâs about us trying to clean up our act a bit.â
New single âI Canât Die Like Thatâ 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 bandâs perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, ââI Canât Die Like Thatâ 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. Itâs also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but arenât necessarily healthy.â Like much of âMassive Championâ, it 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 jokingly coined themselves Britainâs Best Band. With âMassive Championâ, it feels less like a punchline and more like a statement of intent. As their audience continues to grow exponentially both at home and across the world, they look every bit on a fast track to becoming one of the countryâs biggest and most vital bands. Joyous and utterly singular, âMassive Championâ feels set to soundtrack the year ahead and, very likely, many more to come.
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âMassive Championâ is the highly anticipated new album from Bristolâs Getdown Services, set for releasevia Breakfast Records. The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, it arrives alongside lead single âI Canât Die Like Thatâ and news of the duoâs biggest UK headline tour to date, including Roundhouse on 8th December. The announcement follows Getdown Servicesâ debut appearance on Later... with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed BBC 6 Music playlisted single âThe Radiatorâ, one of âMassive Championâsâ genuinely irresistible thirteen tracks.
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 bandâs words it is âabout self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isnât actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think itâs about us trying to clean up our act a bit.â
New single âI Canât Die Like Thatâ 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 bandâs perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, ââI Canât Die Like Thatâ 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. Itâs also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but arenât necessarily healthy.â Like much of âMassive Championâ, it 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 jokingly coined themselves Britainâs Best Band. With âMassive Championâ, it feels less like a punchline and more like a statement of intent. As their audience continues to grow exponentially both at home and across the world, they look every bit on a fast track to becoming one of the countryâs biggest and most vital bands. Joyous and utterly singular, âMassive Championâ feels set to soundtrack the year ahead and, very likely, many more to come.
