Imagine if Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse started a post punk band. That’s Minehead’s own Getdown Services who embrace the chaos with an unpretentious party starter of a record that proves why they’re Massive Champions

Bristol duo Getdown Services turn everyday humiliations into cathartic, body-moving anthems. Move to the beat and pay attention

Josh Law and Ben Sadler find comedy in the hyper-specific debris of everyday British life

Unmistakably English, but way funnier and much more interesting musically than Sleaford Mods

An album that remains delightfully impossible to predict from beginning to end

It is daft, not 'zany'. There is enough substance here to go far beyond the gags. Print edition only

Some of the more niche references might fly over the heads of non-UK listeners, but regardless of whether you know the Cha Cha Slide dance or who Baby Oleg is, the pair's personality and sense of humour make Massive Champion a winner. Print edition only

As a record, Massive Champion is bold, hyper-observative, and completely enigmatic, but it needs to go that one stepping stone further to completely reinvent the wheel

This is a strong second album that surprises and occasionally wows

The noise around the band is at fever pitch, and their second record, Massive Champion, is ready to ignite a flame that will burn out any such nonsense around trend-based accusations. This is a band who are here to stay

Getdown Services' second full-length album is infectious, proving that the Minehead-raised duo are no joke – they’re one of the UK's most exciting new bands

The buzzy Minehead-via-Bristol party-starters shake off the 'joke band' label and face up to doubt on nuanced album number two

A ridiculous triumph