East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have aired the video for their brand new single "Barbecue In Brazil".
The song is out today (February 17) via The Leaf Label. Get it here.
From the band: "Have you ever taken a flight for a Barbecue In Brazil? This is a song sung from the nemophilic corner of our woods, railing against instaconsumerism and the globally connected luxury travel industry that surrounds it. Let’s all meet at the last ever grill!”
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have dropped the video for their new single "Shifting Basslines Of The Cornucopians".
The song is taken from their forthcoming third studio album 'Forest Of Your Problems', which will be out on 2 July via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
From the band: "A cornucopian is someone who believes that the problems of the world can be solved by technology and free market trading. Gambling essentially. A song about hedge funds, making hedges and town criers and hopefully will encourage some much needed dancing."
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have premiered the video for their new single "The Evidence".
The song is taken from their forthcoming third studio album 'Forest Of Your Problems', which will be out on 2 July via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have announced the release of their third studio album 'Forest Of Your Problems'.
The follow-up to 2018's record Stunning Luxury, will be out on 2 July via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
Snapped Ankles return to the forest, but it’s not as they left it. Trees planted in neat rows. A well-ordered monoculture with access roads and heavy machinery. The smell of greenwashed money in the air. There’s no sign of the ancient woodland they emerged from on debut album, Come Play The Trees. And it’s far cry from the gentrified East London they found themselves hawking on Stunning Luxury. All is not well in the face of progress. Welcome to the Forest Of Your Problems.
Even among the famously close-knit woodwose community there are factions forming. Meet The Business Imp, The Cornucopian, The Nemophile and The Protester. Each with their own motivations and belief systems. Their own sense of injustice: contradictions, anxieties and guilt.
Forest Of Your Problems runs the gamut of modern woodwose emotions. In this neat human approximation of the forest, it’s an increasingly knotted affair. Despite all of this, Snapped Ankles haven’t lost their innate ability to make you want to move your feet - their Teutonic forest rhythms are still shot through with post-punk lightning.
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their latest single "Rhythm Is Our Business", below.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have aired the video for their latest single "Tailpipe".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent album 'Stunning Luxury', released earlier last month via The Leaf Label. Get your copy here.
The video was filmed and edited by Marnie Hollande. Take a look below.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have premiered the video for their latest single "Rechargeable".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming album 'Stunning Luxury', set to arrive on March 1st via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Daisy Dickinson. Take a look below.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have unveiled the video for their latest single "Drink and Glide".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming album 'Stunning Luxury', set to be released on March 1st via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed and edited by Daisy Dickinson. Watch it below.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have announced the release of their new album titled 'Stunning Luxury'.
The follow-up to 2017's debut album Come Play The Trees, will be out on March 1st via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
For this record, the log synths have been transformed into gaudy “To Let” and “For Sale” signs, which have become the new instrument of choice for the discerning woodwose. The sounds they eke out of the housing bubble are as frenzied and unstable as you’d expect. Dystopian bangers. Illicit thrills. Stunning Luxury moves quickly through life in the capital: microdosing mindfulness in the morning, a poisoned nod to the marketing department, investment portfolios and death by same day delivery.
The primal rhythms and forest chants are all present and correct. On the surface it’s hedonistic business as usual – a communal dance for the ages. But there’s a sense of discomfort too. There’s subversion, but it’s not clear who’s subverting who. There’s a message, but it’s often fragmented. Keep dancing. Keep foraging. Perhaps the woodwose are human after all…
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to their latest single "Drink and Glide", below.
Tracklist:
01. Pestisound (Moving Out)
02. Tailpipe
03. Letter From Hampi Mountain
04. Rechargeable
05. Delivery Van
06. Three Steps To A Development
07. Skirmish In The Suburbs
08. Dial The Rings On A Tree
09. Drink And Glide
10. Dream And Formaldehyde
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.
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.
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..."
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have aired the video for their latest single "Hanging With The Moon".
The song is taken the band's upcoming debut album 'Come Play The Trees', which will be out on September 29 via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Jamie Hamilton. Take a look below.
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have aired the video for their infectious single "Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta Berlin".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken the band's upcoming debut album 'Come Play The Trees', which will be out on September 29 via The Leaf Label. We have previously heard "I Want My Minutes Back".
Pre-order the album here, and watch the video for "Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta Berlin" below.
