Today, “the most exciting and interesting band in the UK right now” (CLASH), Getdown Services, announces their new album Massive Champion due August 14th via Breakfast Records. Their freewheeling blend of art-disco, heavy rock and power pop revels and revolts in the quotidian horrors of everyday life, from the hell of the daily grind, to dance floor anxieties and skin conditions. Along with the announcement comes lead single and video for “I Can’t Die Like That.” Listen to “I Can’t Die Like That” here and presave Massive Champion here.

The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, Massive Champion’s announcement comes on the heels of Getdown Services’ debut appearance on Later… with Jools Holland earlier this week, where they performed prior single “The Radiator,” one of Massive Champion’s genuinely irresistible thirteen tracks.

“I Can’t Die Like That” is quintessential Getdown Services, pairing huge festival-ready hooks with the band’s perceptive and poignant lyricism. It finds catharsis in contradiction, meeting often heavy subject matter with both candor and humor.

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.” 

Watch “I Can’t Die Like That” here

An odyssey of anarchic joy, seditious wit and boundless energy, Massive Champion finds Josh Law and Ben Sadler pushing deeper into the singular world they have been building for years. An ode to childhood, British cultural detritus and the absurd poetry of everyday life, the record distills 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 realizing 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.”

Getdown Services posses a seemingly endless ability to write, perform, and produce songs that capture modern life with a uniquely acerbic wit and playfulness. Walton Goggins, Troye Sivan, and BBC Radio all love them, to name a few diehard fans. They have brought their “high-octane, low-culture genius” (The Guardian) to the likes of Glastonbury, their hometown/Bristol’s Beacon theater, and packed rooms around the globe; they’re set to play with CMAT at LIDO Festival in London, and were hand-picked by Harry Styles for his Meltdown Festival in June. They’ll also embark on their biggest UK tour to date this summer.

With momentum building at a staggering pace, and their live shows already the stuff of legend. Their stance on modern British life sits somewhere between rave, satire, and social commentary –– and it is winning them legions of fans all over the world. A triumph of hard work and the grassroots scene, Getdown Services jokingly coined themselves Britain’s Best Band. With the joyous and utterly singular Massive Champion, it feels less like a punchline and more like a statement of intent.