Formed in East London in 2011, the band began performing at DIY nights creating live improvisations by chopping up 1960s films before sequencing and augmenting them with synthesisers. The band released their first single, "True Ecology (Shit Everywhere)", in December 2012. Their next release came in early 2015 with "I Want My Minutes Back", issued on white label, and reissued in 2017 by The Leaf Label. Their 12-inch EP The Best Light Is The Last Light was released in June 2017, with debut album Come Play the Trees following in September. For Record Strore Day 2018 Snapped Ankles released a covers EP titled Violations, featuring tracks by The Fugs, Can, Comateens and Joey Beltram
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