Snapped Ankles announce new album ‘Hard Times Furious Dancing’ and share infectious single ‘Raoul’
nme.comhere).It takes its name from Alice Walker’s poetry book Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, with Walker quoted in a press release as writing: “We can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat.
No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one… hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof.”Alongside the announcement, Snapped Ankles have shared a first taste of the LP in the form of the intoxicating disco-punk single ‘Raoul’.
The track comes with an equally disorientating music video, filmed on what appears to be a camcorder and filled with creepy Halloween masks.
Check it out below.1 ‘Pay The Rent’2 ‘Personal Responsibilities’3 ‘Raoul’4 ‘Dancing In Transit’5 ‘Where’s The Caganer?’6 ‘Smart World’7 ‘Hagen Im Garten’8 ‘摆烂 Bai Lan’9 ‘Closely Observed’Snapped Ankles will be playing a string of shows across the UK later this year, which kicks off in Bedford on March 5 and includes a stop at London’s Fabric on May 15.
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