Snapped Ankles release new single 'Pay The Rent' and announce GoFundTrees Kickstarter

Snapped Ankles - 'Pay The Rent' single and GoFundTrees campaign

The second track taken from Snapped Ankles’ new album Hard Times Furious Dancing, 'Pay The Rent' takes a sideways look at how the global cost of living crisis is putting a squeeze on the arts – or “Dancing at the misery of the situation,” as Ankle Austin puts it. Set in Kent, they’re aiming their ire at the architects of Brexit, which has compounded issues, and made life as a touring band almost impossible to sustain.  Download single 'Pay The Rent' here The release of ‘Pay The Rent’ coincides with the annoucement of Snapped Ankles’ GoFundTrees campaign which will explore how enterprising woodwose can keep the tourbus lights on.    Head to gofundtrees.co.uk for more information on furious dance parties in Epping Forest, online HIIT sessions/album previews, ghillie suit sales, exclusive merch and much more.    Hard Times Furious Dancing will be released on CD and digital, and in four vinyl formats including black vinyl, a limited edition indies only ‘Don Quixote’s Green’ vinyl edition, and a Bandcamp only ‘Weird & Eerie’ luminous vinyl edition of 700. There is also a Dinked Edition of 700 on ‘Procession of the Possessed’ pink vinyl, which also includes an ‘Armchair Protest Banner’ (aka a tea towel) and a ‘Hard Times Preparation Manual’ booklet.

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Artist: Snapped Ankles Title: Hard Times Furious Dancing Label: The Leaf Label Release Date: Friday 28th March 2025 Formats: • Black vinyl LP (BAY 134V) • Limited edition indies only ‘Don Quixote’s Green’ LP (BAY 134VX) • Limited Dinked Edition ‘Procession of the Possessed’ pink vinyl LP + 'zine + tea towel (700 copies) (BAY 134VD) • Limited edition Bandcamp only ‘Weird & Eerie’ luminous LP (700 copies) (BAY 134VBC) • CD (BAY 134CD) • Digital (BAY 134E)

CD LP 1. A1. Pay the Rent 2. A2. Personal Responsibilities 3. A3. Raoul 4. A4. Dancing In Transit 5. B1. Where’s The Caganer? 6. B2. Smart World 7. B3. Hagen Im Garten 8. B4. 摆烂 Bai Lan 9. B5. Closely Observed

Hard Times Furious Dancing is an invitation to all those lost in the unrelenting noise of the present, to leave it all behind and come together in the forest. Driven by the primitive thrust of their single-oscillator ‘log’ synths, high and low culture collide in a surreal, free flowing narrative - but the rhythm is universal. This is easily the closest Snapped Ankles have come to capturing their rapturous live energy in the studio. It’s everything you’ve come to know and love from a Snapped Ankles album, amped all the way up until the ground begins to shake.

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Snapped Ankles tour dates

Wed 5 Mar Thu 6 Mar Fri 7 Mar Sat 8 Mar Tue 11 Mar Wed 12 Mar Thu 13 Mar Fri 14 Mar Sat 15 Mar Tue 18 Mar Wed 19 Mar Thu 20 Mar Fri 21 Mar Sat 22 Mar Tue 1 Apr Wed 2 Apr Thu 3 Apr Fri 4 Apr Sat 5 Apr Sun 6 Apr Tue 8 Apr Wed 9 Apr Thu 10 Apr Fri 11 Apr Sat 12 Apr Tue 15 Apr Wed 16 Apr Thu 17 Apr Fri 18 Apr Sat 19 Apr Sat 3 May Fri 9 May Sat 10 May Tue 13 May Wed 14 May Thu 15 May Fri 16 May Sat 17 May Bedford Esquires, Bedford, UK # Junction, Cambridge, UK # Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK # Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, UK # Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK * The Crescent, York, UK * The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, UK * Room 2, Glasgow, UK * Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK * Face Bar, Reading, UK * Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK Lantern Hall, Bristol, UK * Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK * Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK * L'Aeronef, Lille, FRANCE Maroquinerie, Paris, FRANCE Museum @ Botanique, Brussels, BELGIUM EKKO, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS Paradiso Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Effenaar, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, GERMANY Hafenklang, Hamburg, GERMANY Polimagie Festival @ Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANY Urban Spree, Berlin, GERMANY Import / Export, Munich, GERMANY Commissary Art Space, Heidelberg, GERMANY Palace, St Gallen, SWITZERLAND Fri-Son, Fribourg, SWITZERLAND Arci Bellezza, Milan, ITALY Covo, Bologna, ITALY St Laurence Church, Stroud, UK The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, UK Boileroom, Guildford, UK The Old Market, Brighton, UK Papillon, Southampton, UK Fabric, London, UK The Tin, Coventry, UK Meltchester Festival, Manchester, UK

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