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The pair of releases put out up to now by Ashnymph are hard to categorise: the band's own tag of the sound as “subconscioussion” provides few hints. Debut Saltspreader blended a jackhammer industrial beat – guitarist Will Wiffen has at times appeared on stage in a tee that features the symbol of industrial metal pioneers Godflesh – with retro-style synths and a guitar riff that vaguely recalls the enduring garage rock anthem I Wanna Be Your Dog, before transforming into a mass of eerie audio. The planned result, the band has indicated, was to suggest road trips, “the ceaseless flow of vehicles 24-hours a day over vast spans … nighttime orange glows”.

Its follow-up, the song Mr Invisible, sits somewhere between club music and unconventional alternative rock. Firstly, the song's beat, multiple entrancing electronic parts, and singing that comes either psychedelically smeared or spellbindingly cyclical in a way that brings back Dubnobasswithmyheadman-era Underworld all indicate the dance space. Conversely, its forceful live-sounding dynamics, near-anarchic character and overdrive – “getting that crisp distortion is a personal mission,” the musician stated – set it apart as clearly a group effort rather than a bedroom-bound producer. They've performed around the self-made music community of south London for less than a year, “anywhere that will turn the PA up loud”.

But both are exciting and different enough – from each other and other current music – to prompt questions about Ashnymph's upcoming moves. No matter what it is, on the basis of these two singles, it’s unlikely to be boring.

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