Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems

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RELEASED 2.7.21

• The Business Imp Edition- black vinyl version + download

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 Businessman, The Cornucopian, The Nemophile and The Protester. Each with their own motivations and belief systems. Their own sense of injustice: contradictions, anxieties and guilt.

There are woodwose who have risen to the top in the boom and bust world of real estate and hedge funds. Grab what you can before the next crash. Others find euphoria in the absolute conviction that wealth and technology will see us through this. There are those with their recycling in order, who are well-versed in the prospect of imminent ecological and economic collapse, burying themselves in vegan cookery and extensive international holiday itineraries. And there's an increasing number angry at the state of the world, ready to take to the streets and the trees in an attempt to force real change.

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. Whether they're exploring those opportunities which might arise when a Nigerian prince emails out of the blue on The Evidence, or referencing the crooked woodwose attempting to go straight on Rhythm is Our Business, this is music to lose your inhibitions to. The moments of pure elation on Shifting Basslines of the Cornucopians are worth the admission price alone - "It's a great time to be alive!" ...apparently.

Tracklist:

1. Forest of Your Problems
2. The Evidence
3. Shifting Basslines of the Cornucopians
4. Undilated Lovers
5. Susurrations (In the Forest)
6. Rhythm is Our Business
7. Psithurhythm
8. The Prince is Back
9. Xylophobia
10. Forest of Your Problems (Outro)

Snapped Ankles are back. Nature is healing.

The woodwose announced details of their new album and tour last week. Welcome to the Forest Of Your Problems .

‘ Rhythm Is Our Business ’ is the first track taken from the album - the crooked woodwose is attempting to go straight. It’s a tale as old as time itself. Watch Daisy Dickinson’s video in which the pressures of modern city living are starting to show for the Business Imp.

It’s shaping up to be a big year for Snapped Ankles, with early enthusiastic support for the single from Matt Wilkinson and Steve Lamacq at radio, and a headline tour taking in Camden's Roundhouse at the end of October (all dates below). Many thanks to all of you who have shown your support for this release already.

New UK/IE tour dates announced:

Fri 2 July 2021 - Timber Festival, Derbyshire, UK
Sat 24 Jul 2021 - Cloudspotting Festival, Lancashire, UK
Fri 30 Jul 202 - Farmfest, Somerset, UK
Sat 31 Jul 2021 - Deer Shed Festival, North Yorkshire, UK
Sat 18 Sep 2021 - Wide Eyed Festival, Leicester, UK
Wed 13 Oct 2021 - Gorilla, Manchester, UK
Thu 14 Oct 2021 - Workman’s Club, Dublin, IE
Fri 15 Oct 2021 - Roisin Dubh, Galway, IE
Sat 16 Oct 2021 - Kasbah Social Club, Limerick, IE
Wed 20 Oct 2021 - St Lukes, Glasgow, UK
Sun 17 Oct 2021 - Ulster Sports Club, Belfast, UK
Thu 21 Oct 2021 - NUSU Basement, Newcastle, UK
Fri 22 Oct 2021 - Arts Club, Liverpool, UK
Sat 23 Oct 2021 - Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK
Sat 30 Oct 2021 - The Roundhouse, London, UK
Wed 10 Nov 2021 - Chalk, Brighton, UK
Thu 11 Nov 2021 - Junction 1, Cambridge, UK
Fri 12 Nov 2021 - Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK
Sat 13 Nov 2021 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK

“Snapped Ankles are but a celebration of the necessity of the weird” the Quietus

“It’s a danceable, destabilised stew of The Pop Group, Kraftwerk, Can and Liars” Uncut

“These unconstructed mischief makers excel when locking electro horns with primal motorik grooves” Mojo

“So good! Absolute heroes” Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

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