Getdown Services broaden their sound on Massive Champion
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Getdown Services’ second album, ‘Massive Champion’, is judged a strong, unexpectedly varied follow-up that favours texture and reflection over recreating the Bristol duo’s chaotic live performances. The review says this broadening matters because Ben Sadler and Josh Law show greater ambition while retaining their humour, distortion and unruly energy.
Across 13 self-produced tracks, the record moves from French-touch-influenced synth-pop on ‘Stop Living’ to the fuzzed-up ‘Trespass’ and the tender love song ‘What’s On Your Mind?’. Made in green rooms and during long journeys between tour dates, it balances self-mockery, jokes and self-improvement; the reviewer awards it 7/10 and sees it as a clear advance on 2023 debut ‘Crisps’.
- A varied, ambitious second album from Getdown Services
- Synth-pop and tenderness complement their noisy live reputation
- The review rates ‘Massive Champion’ 7/10
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Getdown Services are a music duo from Bristol made up of Ben Sadler and Josh Law. They are known for energetic, unruly live performances, with songs that mix electronic sounds, rough guitar textures and comic lyrics.
Their first album, Crisps, was released in 2023. Their music often uses humour and self-mockery, but also touches on everyday worries, relationships and trying to improve oneself.
Massive Champion is their second full-length record and was made while they were touring. It matters as an indication of how the pair are developing beyond the style for which they first became known.
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Originally published by Far Out as “Getdown Services – ‘Massive Champion’ album review: The party is here to stay”.