Massive Champion

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Massive Champion is the highly anticipated new album from Bristols Getdown Services, set for release on 14th August via Breakfast Records. The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, it arrives alongside lead single I Cant Die Like That and news of the duos biggest UK headline tour to date, including Roundhouse on 8th December. The announcement follows Getdown Services debut appearance on Later with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed BBC 6 Music playlisted single The Radiator, one of Massive Champions 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 bands words it is about self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isnt actually total bollocks. Musically and lyrically I think its about us trying to clean up our act a bit.

New single I Cant 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 bands perceptive and poignant lyricism. As the band explain, I Cant 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. Its also about clinging on to feelings that comfort you but arent necessarily healthy. Like much of Massive Champion, 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 Britains Best Band. With Massive Champion, 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 countrys biggest and most vital bands. Joyous and utterly singular, Massive Champion feels set to soundtrack the year ahead and, very likely, many more to come.

High octane, low-culture genius The Guardian

one of the best live bands out there full stop Rolling Stone UK

a duo whose wry wit is near-unmatched DIY

The album will be released on Transparent Lime vinyl with printed inner-sleeve.