Snapped Ankles - Forest of Your Problems
by Maarten Schiethart
published: 23 / 8 / 2021

Label:
Leaf Label
Format: CD
intro
Environmentally=concerned third album from Snapped Ankles who mourn forest demise with a set of cracking tunes.
Heading for the album charts with an exclusive giveaway CD 'Parasite Sessions' available from Rough Trade shops and a run of more exclusives elsewhere available, not to mention the LP format where the needle having reached the end returns to the start, it all reads like a marketing campaign scheduled from outerworld. Self-recognised tree huggers, Snapped Ankles spread their concerns over the petrification of our home grounds on their third album. The songs come like square spurts and squirt spasms,. Perfectly captured on 'Rhythm Is Our Business' ,for example,, it is as if XTC's Andy Partridge were hyperventilating up a tree with the righteous Catweazle. With XTC, Snapped Ankles share this apt concision when they blast out undeniable home truths as catchy tunes. Like you click your finger and on comes more wisdom. Snapped Ankles deal with unpopular matters of utmost urgency and immediate concern. Greta Thunberg might love 'Forest of Your Problems' to bits as Snapped Ankles' stance - on record - is just as forthcomingly obstinate. 'Forest of Your Problems' is Snapped Ankles' third alarm clock album and they spew out baffling songs with self-invented titles such as 'Psithurhythm'. Flirting with African percussion towards the end, on the outro of the album title track and on the intro makes listening a round trip. 'Shifting Basslines Of The Cornucopians', probably the highlight on the album, is a complex tune with flashes from a keyboard. Rolling basslines, thumping drums, catchy tunes and words of wisdom makes up a collection set out to change the world. In a Bandcamp plea Snapped Ankles ask us to buy the album to prove their parents wrong. Don't hesitate! Songs from this album should infiltrate people's minds over the next few years.
Track Listing:-
1 Forest of Your Problems2 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)
Band Links:-
https://www.snappedankles.com/https://www.facebook.com/SNAPPEDANKLES/
https://twitter.com/snappedankles
Label Links:-
http://www.theleaflabel.com/en/index.phphttps://www.facebook.com/theleaflabel
https://twitter.com/theleaflabel
https://www.youtube.com/user/theleaflabel
https://plus.google.com/109098497483046618790
Play in YouTube:-
Have a Listen:-
digital downloads
bandcamp
reviews |
Stunning Luxury (2019) |
![]() |
Exotic second album from agile agitprop popsters Snapped Ankles who re-invent late 70's new wave and bring it back to life |
most viewed articles
current edition
Robby Krieger - Set The Night on Fire, Living, Dying, And Playing Guitar with The DoorsBoomtown Rats - Ten Songs That Made Me Love....
Lida Husik - Interview
Cathal Coughlan - Interview
Rick Wakeman - Interview
Peter Doherty and Frederic Lo - Cavern Club, Liverpool, 27/3/2022
Cliff Richard - Not Fade Away
Simon Bromide - Interview
Candlelight Tribute to Coldplay - Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, 1/4/2022
Wolfgang Flur - Interview
most viewed reviews
current edition
Rupert Wates - For The PeopleBanjo Jen - Fine Line
Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri - The Long Ride Home
Bonham-Bullick - Bonham-Bullick
Dead South - Easy Listening for Jerks Parts 1 and 2
Family - A Song for Me
Loop - Sonancy
Stereophonics - Oochya!
John Mayall - The Sun is Shining Down
Weather Station - How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Adrian P
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Carl Bookstein
Chris O'Toole
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dixie Ernill
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank