Getdown Services have announced new album ‘Massive Champion’, and shared both the single ‘I Can’t Die Like That’ and new tour dates.
The record marks the second from the Bristol band, following on from their 2023 cult classic debut ‘Crisps’. It is set for release on August 14 via Breakfast Records and available to pre-order here.
Confirmation of the new album comes following the group making an appearance on Later… with Jools Holland for the first time earlier this week, where they played their song ‘The Radiator’. That track is set to feature on the new LP.
Frontman Ben Sadler and co. describe the new album as an “odyssey of anarchic joy, seditious wit and boundless energy” and one that sees them push their sound into more emotional and absurd directions than ever before.
It was written in green rooms, on long car journeys and in the gaps between relentless touring, and promises to be their most expansive music to date.
“[This album is] about self pity and realising that maybe all of the healing your inner child stuff you hear about isn’t actually total bollocks,” the band shared. “Musically and lyrically I think it’s about us trying to clean up our act a bit.”
Following on from ‘The Radiator’, Getdown Services have today (Wednesday May 20) dropped another single from the record: the elaborate ‘I Can’t Die Like That’.
The single takes on a laid back, charismatic feel throughout – easing in with a relaxed vocal melody and a blues-tinged guitar riff, before settling into the defiant chorus. “You give me too much rope / I’m gonna kiss the floor like the pole / I can’t die like that,” they sing.
“‘I Can’t Die Like That’ is about the feeling of simple things becoming complicated,” the band explained. “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.”
Check it out below, along with the tracklist for ‘Massive Champion’.
The tracklist for ‘Massive Champion’ is:
‘Poor Bannister’
‘I Can’t Die Like That’
‘Probiotic’
‘Cha Cha Slide’
‘The Radiator’
‘The Definitive Map’
‘A Crazy Story’
‘What’s On Your Mind?’
‘Stop Living’
‘No One Likes Me’
‘Check The Definition’
‘Lentils’
‘600 Dance Lessons’
Getdown Services will embark on a UK and Ireland headline tour later this year, with shows kicking off in Cardiff on November 19. Dates include stops in Brighton, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, London and more over the following two months.
The tour ends with two homecoming shows at the Beacon in Bristol on January 16 and 17 2027. Before the headline tour starts, the band have a number of festival appearances lined up for this summer, including appearances at Latitude, Green Man, Truck Festival and more.
Other dates include supporting The Courteeners at Manchester’s Wynthenshaw Park and being a part of the 2026 Meltdown festival in London, curated by Harry Styles.
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Getdown Services live shows are:
MAY 2026
21 – O2 Apollo, MANCHESTER w/ Super Furry Animals
22 – Bearded Theory Festival, DERBYSHIRE
27 – Brightside, BRISBANE
29 – Oxford Art Bar, SYDNEY
30 – The Tote, MELBOURNE
31 – The Corner Hotel, MELBOURNE
JUNE 2026
2 – Double Whammy, AUCKLAND
3 – San Fran, WELLINGTON
14 – Best Kept Secret Festival, HILVARENBEEK
16 – Meltdown Festival, Southbank Centre, LONDON
19-20 – Mablis Festival, STAVANGER
24 – Bristol Sounds Festival, BRISTOL w/ Super Furry Animals
JULY 2026
17-18 – Spirit of Eden Festival, KENT
24 – Truck Festival, OXFORD
25 – Latitude, SUFFOLK
26 – Deer Shed Festival, YORKSHIRE
31 – Belladrum Festival, KILTARLITY
AUGUST 2026
2 – All Together Now Festival, WATERFORD
7 – Boardmasters, NEWQUAY
9 – OFF Festival, KATOWICE
13 – Parades de Coura Festival, PAREDES
15 – Oya Festival, OSLO
21 – Green Man, BRECON BEACONS
23 – Pukkelpop, BELGIUM
27 – Canela Party, TORREMOLINOS
29 – Wynthenshaw Park, MANCHESTER w/ The Courteeners
NOVEMBER 2026
19 – Tramshed, CARDIFF
21 – Concorde 2, BRIGHTON
23 – Waterfront, NORWICH
25 – Boilershop, NEWCASTLE
26 – Galvanizers, GLASGOW
28 – Academy 1, MANCHESTER
30 – Project House, LEEDS
DECEMBER 2026
2 – Vicar Street, DUBLIN
4 – Rock City, NOTTINGHAM
5 – Foundry, SHEFFIELD
8 – Roundhouse, LONDON
JANUARY 2027
16 – Bristol Beacon, BRISTOL
17 – Bristol Beacon, BRISTOL
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