Label of love: Ankst

Celebrate the Welsh indie stable that ruffled the feathers of the establishment and put Super Furry Animals on the mapSinging in your native tongue can often be a protest in itself. But in 1980s Wales, as English-owned holiday cottages were razed and English signposts defaced, the prevailing soundtrack of harps, choirs and traditional folk songs just wasn't enough for a new generation of militants.Hence the emergence of Ankst, which fostered indie, dub, psychedelia, hip-hop, house and many other...

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