Massive Champion (Limited Transparent Lime Colour Vinyl)
āMassive Championā is the highly anticipated new album from Bristolās Getdown Services, set for releasevia Breakfast Records. The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, it arrives alongside lead single āI Canāt Die Like Thatā and news of the duoās biggest UK headline tour to date, including Roundhouse on 8th December. The announcement follows Getdown Servicesā debut appearance on Later... with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed BBC 6 Music playlisted single āThe Radiatorā, one of āMassive Championāsā 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 bandās words it is āabout self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isnāt actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think itās about us trying to clean up our act a bit.ā
New single āI Canāt Die Like Thatā 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 bandās perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, āāI Canāt Die Like Thatā 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. Itās also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but arenāt necessarily healthy.ā Like much of āMassive Championā, 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 Britainās Best Band. With āMassive Championā, 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 countryās biggest and most vital bands. Joyous and utterly singular, āMassive Championā feels set to soundtrack the year ahead and, very likely, many more to come.
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āMassive Championā is the highly anticipated new album from Bristolās Getdown Services, set for releasevia Breakfast Records. The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, it arrives alongside lead single āI Canāt Die Like Thatā and news of the duoās biggest UK headline tour to date, including Roundhouse on 8th December. The announcement follows Getdown Servicesā debut appearance on Later... with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed BBC 6 Music playlisted single āThe Radiatorā, one of āMassive Championāsā 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 bandās words it is āabout self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isnāt actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think itās about us trying to clean up our act a bit.ā
New single āI Canāt Die Like Thatā 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 bandās perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, āāI Canāt Die Like Thatā 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. Itās also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but arenāt necessarily healthy.ā Like much of āMassive Championā, 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 Britainās Best Band. With āMassive Championā, 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 countryās biggest and most vital bands. Joyous and utterly singular, āMassive Championā feels set to soundtrack the year ahead and, very likely, many more to come.
