Snapped Ankles

Border-crashing bog devils press the electric rock accelerator to blast into glorious confusion.

- Martin Aston

“Woodland agitators.” “AGRROcultural PUNKTRONICA From AnaLOGe Dendrophilia Mediators.” “The Agricultural Kraftwerk.”

They’re all terms coined by East London trio Snapped Ankles for their crazed sound and vision, characterised by exuberant, ragged electronica, hairy-monster-shrub outfits and cheap but dynamic multi-media happenings.

“The band grew out of trying to find a different kind of presentation, to perform the music we like,” explains Paddy, on behalf of bandmates Mikey and Giorgio(no surnames, but find them online, fact fans). “A kind of uptempo, Krautrocky dance, like mashing up a ’70s groove with [South African township-born] Shangaan triple-time-Casio electro, while sucking in grime and other new stuff. My nephew can make brutal garage rock on his iPhone, so we wanted something that’s harder to copy, more handmade and wonky. Good, loud, aggressive fun.”