Getdown Services "Massive Champion" 2026-01-0 Emerging Songwriter of the Year

Emerging Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year at the APRA Awards

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by Marco Pezzati

Griffin Goldsmith (Dawes)

Inspired by “that need for community after all the isolation of the pandemic

Getdown Services "Massive Champion" 2026-01-0 Emerging Songwriter of the YearAs they sell out tours and command audiences worldwide, it's a strange ask to imagine Getdown Services as underdogs. Yet, for several years, they were there for the hell of the grind, committed to playing any and every show they could get, from sparse opening slots in Bristol to out of town dives. Chat to them long enough and they'll often reminisce about their very first gig overseas, performing in a leaky barn to a French crowd of two in the commune