Watch: Snapped Ankles Reveal "CIA Man (NSA Man Violation)" New Video

East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have revealed the video for "NSA Man", their take on The Fugs 1965's counterculture anthem "CIA Man".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming EP 'Violations', which will be released on April 21st for Record Store Day 2018.

About the song, the band said: "Having unearthed The Fugs' 'CIA Man' some years before, we were shocked to discover a newer, more sinister agency had taken over from the diatribe's protagonist, so we updated Tuli Kupferberg's list of ills... Of course every time the song is now mentioned online, a blip of data triggers a filter that enters a file that rings a bell in a bunker deep under a mountain in Pennsylvania. So now the forest is full of agents looking for us, and we are taping up our microphones and cameras and walking backwards through our own footprints to shake them off...". Get it here.

The video was directed by Diet Clinic. Watch it below.

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Snapped Ankles Announce New EP 'Violations' For Record Store Day

East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have announced the release of a new EP titled 'Violations', exclusively for Record Store Day.

The 4-track record features their brand new violations of songs by Can "Bel Air", the previously unveiled take of The Fugs "CIA Man" ("NSA Man"), Joey Beltram "Energy Flash" and The Comateens "Ghosts".

From the forest floor: These four tracks were dug up from the sturdy roots of the Ankles undergrowth - but in the process the original recordings were damaged. We reconstructed them using the latest in biomechanical stem re-assemblage processes, which invariably has lead to some misinterpretations and considerable violations of the original recordings. As we tried to decipher the magical genetic code of the originals, events around them informed the nature of these violations; forest fires tore through the wealthy neighbourhood of Bel Air, friends vanished into the dating app dimension never to be seen in solid earthly form again, and as our log synths pounded along to a broken copy of Joey Beltram's 'Energy Flash', we created a possession so potent that the we were left pondering the difference between the mental states of 'trance' and 'ecstasy'.

Violations Tracklisting:

01. CIA Man (NSA Man Violation)
02. Ghosts (Ghosts on Tinder Violation)
03. Energy Flash (Dancing in a State of Possession Violation)
04. Bel Air (Burning Dressing Gowns Violation)

Violations will be released on April 21st for Record Store Day 2018, strictly limited to 750 copies on white vinyl.

Find out more here and re-visit  'CIA Man (NSA Man Violation)' below.

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New Entry: Snapped Ankles Release "NSA Man" (A violation of The Fugs CIA Man)

East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have released "NSA Man", their take on The Fugs 1965's counterculture anthem "CIA Man", updated for the Edward Snowden generation.

About the song, the band said: "Having unearthed The Fugs' 'CIA Man' some years before, we were shocked to discover a newer, more sinister agency had taken over from the diatribe's protagonist, so we updated Tuli Kupferberg's list of ills... 

"Of course every time the song is now mentioned online, a blip of data triggers a filter that enters a file that rings a bell in a bunker deep under a mountain in Pennsylvania. So now the forest is full of agents looking for us, and we are taping up our microphones and cameras and walking backwards through our own footprints to shake them off..."

Get it here and stream it below.

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