{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Snapper | type = EP | artist = Snapper | cover =Snapper (EP).webp | alt = | released = 1988 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Dunedin sound, kraut-pop<ref name="auto"/> | length = | label = Flying Nun | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Shotgun Blossom | next_year = 1990 }} '''''Snapper''''' is an EP by New Zealand band Snapper, released in 1988 through Flying Nun Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/snapper-mn0001291846/biography|title=Snapper | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716124427/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/snapper-mn0001291846/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/16252-peter-gutteridge-rip|title=The Quietus | News | Peter Gutteridge RIP|website=The Quietus|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=17 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817182946/https://thequietus.com/articles/16252-peter-gutteridge-rip|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/171197-snapper-snapper-ep-2495758736.html|title=Snapper: Snapper EP|date=May 9, 2013|website=PopMatters|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930042010/https://www.popmatters.com/171197-snapper-snapper-ep-2495758736.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev1score = 7.5/10<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18014-snapper-snapper-ep/|title=Snapper: Snapper EP|website=Pitchfork|access-date=14 July 2020|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715005504/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18014-snapper-snapper-ep/|url-status=live}}</ref> }} In its review of the 2013 Record Store Day re-release, ''Pitchfork'' wrote that "each track hums to the sound of a familiar organ drone and a wash of distorted guitar, all tied into a precision-tooled drive that mirrors Klaus Dinger's motorik drumming in Neu!"<ref name="auto"/>
==Track listing==
#"Buddy" – 3:40 #"Cause of You" – 3:43 #"Death and Weirdness in the Surfing Zone" – 2:44 #"Hang On" – 5:26
==Personnel== ;Snapper *Alan Haig – drums *Dominic Stones – guitar, vocals *Christine Voice – keyboards, vocals, guitar *Peter Gutteridge – vocals, guitar, keyboards
==Charts== {|class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1988) !Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|New Zealand|49|artist=Snapper|song=Snapper EP|accessdate=21 August 2021}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} Category:Snapper (band) albums Category:1988 EPs Category:Flying Nun Records EPs Category:Dunedin Sound albums