Toby Furlong
I’m a writer hailing from the distant land of Norfolk. With a deep love for vinyl, currently standing at over 100 in my collection. When it comes to picking a favourite artist, it will always be the sounds of Trish Keenan and Broadcast.
Getdown Services release reflective single ‘Chrysalis’ ahead of incoming new EP ‘Primordial Slot Machine’
‘Chrysalis’ is a perfect continuation of where Getdown Services left us with 2024’s ‘Your Medal’s In The Post‘ EP. I can confidently say this duo are equipped with all the right tools to deliver an evolved sound on the forthcoming EP ‘Primordial Slot Machine’.
Brand new single ‘Chrysalis’ is a wonderful meditation around the phrase ‘modern life is rubbish’ and what it means to live and breathe modern life in Britain. The duo’s supreme sense of wit shines through and prevents the track ruminating on any negativity. Speaking about the single, Josh says: “This song is about a specific feeling I get when I realise my circumstances might have improved but my mood hasn’t really caught up.”
He added: “You need to remind yourself to enjoy your achievements because the chances are your natural reaction will be to downplay or see the worst in them. It’s also about the confusion of finding yourself being self destructive when things do start to go well in your life.“
However, in keeping with some of the sharpest and funniest lyrics to come out of the 2020’s so far, Josh knows how to keep it light: “It’s got a reference to a scene from Don’t Tell The Bride we both really like. A bloke books a Las Vegas wedding and spends all the budget on the stag do so the bride to be’s family can’t afford to come and she’s absolutely fuming at him in the airport whilst he’s nagging her for a hug. Very funny”.
The duo have a stacked summer on their way to the top, with festival sets at Glastonbury and End of the Road to come. You can also find them heading off on a UK headline tour, including a monumental gig at Islington’s Assembly Hall on 10th November.
Listen to ‘Chrysalis‘ here:
Catch Getdown Services at the following:
JUNE
1st Maifield Derby Festival, Mannheim, Germany
6th Le Pub, Newport, UK SOLD OUT
7th CWRW Festival, Carmarthen, UK
12th Bergenfest, Bergen, Norway
21st Café Glocksee Sommerfest, Hannover, Germany
23rd Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, Germany
24th Aalhaus, Hamburg, Germany SOLD OUT
25th Neue Zukunft, Berlin, Germany SOLD OUT
26th Fusion Festival, Larz, Germany
29th Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK
JULY
3rd Bergtattfestivalen, Luster, Norway
5th Weekend Rumble Festival, Usk, UK
17th Valkhof Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands
27th Clarence Park Festival, Wakefield, UK
AUGUST
2nd Absolutely Free Festival, Genk, Belgium
8th Øya Natt, Oslo, Norway
22nd Maui Festival, Norfolk, UK
24th Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, UK
28th End of The Road Festival, Dorset, UK
29th Psych Fest, Brighton, UK
30th Psych Fest, Manchester, UK
30th Bosfest, Burnham On Sea, UK
31st Psych Fest, Edinburgh, UK
SEPTEMBER
12th Plissken Festival, Athens, Greece
13th Poplar Festival, Trento, Italy
14th Leffingeleuren Festival, Leffinge, Belgium
15th VERA, Groningen, Netherlands
20th Siroco, Madrid, Spain
21st Dabadaba, San Sebastian, Spain
23rd ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal
OCTOBER
2nd Baby’s All Right, New York
4th Sleeping Village, Chicago
7th The Echo, LA
11th Here’s The Thing Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands
17th Town Festival, Halifax, UK
NOVEMBER
10th Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK
11th Arts Club Loft, Liverpool, UK
12th Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
13th The Georgian Theatre, Stockton, UK
14th Mono, Glasgow, UK
17th Tooth & Claw, Inverness, UK
18th Tunnels, Aberdeen, UK
19th Beat Generator LIVE!, Dundee, UK
20th Pop Recs, Sunderland, UK
21st Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK
22nd Tin Music & Arts, Coventry, UK
24th Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, UK
25th Roisin Dubh, Galway, Ireland
26th Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
DECEMBER
1st Goethebunker, Essen, Germany
2nd Lido, Berlin, Germany
3rd RUST, Copenhagen, Denmark
6th Ilses Erika, Leipzig, Germany
7th Import Export, Munich, Germany
8th Bad Bonn, Düdingen, Switzerland
9th Trabendo, Paris, France
11th Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
12th Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
2026
JANUARY
9th Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK
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