Snapped Ankles

Snapped Ankles
Background information
Origin London, United Kingdom
Genres Post-punk, Electronica, Punk, Krautrock
Years active 2011–present
Labels The Leaf Label
Website http://www.snappedankles.com

Snapped Ankles are an London based post-punk band. They are signed to The Leaf Label and have released the single I Want My Minutes Back on 17 March 2017 and the EP The Best Light Is The Last Light on 30 June 2017. Their first full length album is set for release on 29 September.[1][2]

Music and Imagery

The band perform in "shamanistic costumes" and their live performances include elements of performance art and art-rock.[3]

The Leaf Label describes the band's sound as "primal motorik rhythms, the rush of white noise and post-punk angles; an aural onslaught played out on homemade log synths, electrified guitars and sticks beating hell on taut animal skin" The Quietus called them "a band defying convention at every turn and toying with their own mythology as they see fit".[4]

In the same article the band describe their upcoming album as "[having] a bunch poppy, post-punk groove tracks, but then we've got some songs that are made just using the single oscillator log-synths. They're sort of non-songs". They go on to say, "when you've got an instrument that can only make one note, long or short, and barely make a tune at all, it feels like a political statement about going back to these situations where we had to be based in places that barely had locks on the doors and where we were using PAs and drums kids made out of bits that we cobbled together. That's what I like to see in a band. I want to see bands that have thrown it together, rather than having all the new gear from Denmark Street".[4] The band also cites the diverse influences of morris dancing, Old Norse texts, Jean-Luc Godard, Lightning Bolt, Fela Kuti and London warehouse parties.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WATCH: New Snapped Ankles". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Snapped Ankles get cinematic on ‘Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta Berlin’". DIY. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "INTRODUCING: SNAPPED ANKLES". With Guitars. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Screaming Hedges: An Interview With Snapped Ankles". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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