Today, “the most exciting and interesting band in the UK right now” (CLASH), Getdown Services, shares new single “Cha Cha Slide.” Their new album Massive Champion will follow on August 14th, on which 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. Listen to “Cha Cha Slide” here and presave Massive Champion here.

“Cha Cha Slide” is another perfect example of a band that has a seemingly endless ability to write, perform and produce songs that not only genuinely slot into the platitudes of “earworm” and “irresistible,” but also capture modern life with a uniquely acerbic wit, as Josh explains of the new single;
 
“This song is about the feeling of everyone else somehow knowing what to do. It’s about a feeling I’d get as a child that has never quite left me; that I just don’t really know what to do at social occasions. It’s about realising that trying to connect with and understand people is a lifetime of trial and error. It’s probably the saddest song we’ve ever written.”
 

Watch “Cha Cha Slide” here

The follow up to cult classic debut Crisps, Massive Champion comes on the heels of triumphant performances on KEXP on which it seemed everyone in the room “burned an accumulative 5,000 calories,” at Harry Styles’ Meltdown, on Later… with Jools Holland, as arena support to Viagra Boys, and a sold-out run of headline US and Australia dates. 

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’ sardonic playfulness has found fans in Walton Goggins, Troye Sivan, Harry Styles, BBC Radio, and more. They’ve 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 they’ll embark on their biggest UK tour to date this summer, with second headline shows already added at London’s Roundhouse and Bristol’s Beacon due to overwhelming demand.

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.