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Feb 20, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Louise Mason

British post-punk band Snapped Ankles are releasing a new album, Hard Times Furious Dancing, on March 28 via The Leaf Label. Now they have shared its second single, “Pay the Rent.” The song tackles the cost of living crisis in the UK and especially how that affects people in the arts. Listen to the song below.

In a press release the band’s Ankle Austin says the new song is “dancing at the misery of the situation.”

The press release adds that Brexit “has compounded issues and made life as a touring band almost impossible to sustain.”

Tomorrow (Friday, February 21) at 10 a.m. GMT Snapped Ankles are launching their GoFundTrees campaign here. It aims to address some of the issues discussed in the song, and, as the press release explains, “will allow fans and the general public the opportunity to understand the true cost of touring in 2025, as well as providing opportunities for them to donate funds to the band ahead of their upcoming tour.” Perks of GoFundTrees include an on an online HIIT session and the option to go to “a furious dance party” in Epping Forest. There will also be exclusive merch and the chance to purchase “one of the band’s infamous Ghillie Suits.”

Previously Snapped Ankles shared the album’s “Raoul,” which is also below.

The band’s last album, Forest of Your Problems, came out in 2021 via The Leaf Label. Read our review of that album here.

Snapped Ankles Tour Dates:

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
Sat 3 May, NeoAncients: Beltane Ritual @ St Laurence Church, Stroud, UK
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

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