Hard Times Furious Dancing is the fourth studio album by secretive forest dwellers Snapped Ankles - it follows 2021’s Forest Of Your Problems (Rough Trade Shop Album of the Month).
Forest Of Your Problems peaked at a tantalising #41 in the official UK album chart (#2 in the indie chart and #5 in the physical chart).  It was album of the day on BBC 6 Music and album of the week at Brooklyn Vegan and Amazing Radio. End-of-year honours included The Quietus, Rough Trade, Piccadilly and Jumbo Records.
 
The word of the forest continues to spread, with the previous album taking them on two North American tours and festivals as far afield as South East Asia and a headline show at Camden’s iconic Roundhouse. Snapped Ankles embark on their biggest tour to date, with a run of over thirty shows in the UK and Europe this spring, including a night at Fabric in London on May 15.

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” Alice Walker, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing (2010).  Snapped Ankles have given up trying to make sense of it all. The forest only offers so much protection. Feeding on a diet of fractured narratives, meme culture, viral moments and the very worst of human impulses weighs heavy. The woodwose hold up a mirror to the absurdity of modern life once again. The only sane response is to dance. Make your way to the clearing, gather around the megalith of speakers, drum machines, amps and synthesisers and dance like there’s no tomorrow.