We rarely post about strictly electronic music, but after our recent Instagram post about ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, we got hooked on experimental electronics. Enter Snapped Ankles—a raw Kraftwerk pulse fused with post punk and the primal energy of a future tribal dance.
Their upcoming album, Hard Times Furious Dancing, drops on March 28, 2025, and the lead single “Raoul” feels like a techno-ritual with geopolitical storytelling, layered over buzzing synths and eerie howling dogs.
Hard Times Furious Dancing feels like a manifesto for a world where memes collide with fractured narratives and raw human impulse. It’s restless and unapologetic, urging listeners to process absurdity through movement rather than reason. The single “Raoul” sets the tone—unreliable narrators riffing on geopolitics while the music twists, pulsates, and challenges.
This isn’t escapism. It’s a reflection of everything distorted in modern life, electrified and distilled into nine tightly constructed tracks.
Snapped Ankles don’t just tip their hats to electronic pioneers—they shred the rulebook. Tracks like “Pay The Rent” and “摆烂 Bai Lan” (a nod to Chinese slang meaning “let it rot”) underscore their global awareness and refusal to stick to predictable patterns. Each piece carries that raw, almost industrial edge, balanced by relentless energy.
If their recordings feel like chaos made danceable, their live shows take it to the next level. Snapped Ankles kick off their biggest tour yet, with over 30 dates across Europe and the UK, including a highlight night at London’s Fabric on May 15.
Fri 7 Feb — Northern Winter Beat, Aalborg, DENMARK
Wed 5 Mar — Bedford Esquires, Bedford, UK #
Thu 6 Mar — Junction, Cambridge, UK #
Fri 7 Mar — Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK #
Sat 8 Mar — Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, UK #
Tue 11 Mar — Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK *
Wed 12 Mar — The Crescent, York, UK *
Thu 13 Mar — The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, UK *
Fri 14 Mar — Room 2, Glasgow, UK *
Sat 15 Mar — Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK *
Tue 18 Mar — Face Bar, Reading, UK *
Wed 19 Mar — Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
Thu 20 Mar — Lantern Hall, Bristol, UK *
Fri 21 Mar — Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK *
Sat 22 Mar — Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK *
Tue 1 Apr — L’Aeronef, Lille, FRANCE
Wed 2 Apr — Maroquinerie, Paris, FRANCE
Thu 3 Apr — Museum @ Botanique, Brussels, BELGIUM
Fri 4 Apr — EKKO, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Sat 5 Apr — Paradiso Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Sun 6 Apr — Effenaar, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS
Tue 8 Apr — Bumann & Sohn, Cologne, GERMANY
Wed 9 Apr — Hafenklang, Hamburg, GERMANY
Thu 10 Apr — Polimagie Festival @ Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANY
Fri 11 Apr — Urban Spree, Berlin, GERMANY
Sat 12 Apr — Import / Export, Munich, GERMANY
Tue 15 Apr — Commissary Art Space, Heidelberg, GERMANY
Wed 16 Apr — Palace, St Gallen, SWITZERLAND
Thu 17 Apr — Fri-Son, Fribourg, SWITZERLAND
Fri 18 Apr — Arci Bellezza, Milan, ITALY
Sat 19 Apr — Covo, Bologna, ITALY
Fri 9 May — The Forum, Tunbridge Wells, UK
Sat 10 May — Boileroom, Guildford, UK
Tue 13 May — The Old Market, Brighton, UK
Wed 14 May — Papillon, Southampton, UK
Thu 15 May — Fabric, London, UK
Fri 16 May — The Tin, Coventry, UK
Sat 17 May — Meltchester Festival, Manchester, UK
# with Maria Uzor
* with The Sick Man Of Europe
