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Both tracks put out up to now by the group Ashnymph are hard to categorise: their personal label of their music as “subconscioussion” leaves listeners guessing. Debut Saltspreader married a pounding industrial rhythm – member Will Wiffen has at times appeared on stage in a tee that bears the logo of Godflesh, icons of industrial metal – with old-school electronic keys and a guitar riff that vaguely recalls the Stooges’ garage rock perennial I Wanna Be Your Dog, before dissolving into a wall of disquieting noise. Its intended effect, the trio have suggested, was to suggest road trips, “the grinding circulation of vehicles around the clock over vast spans … nighttime orange glows”.

The subsequent track, the song Mr Invisible, falls between dance music and left-field alt-rock. For one thing, the track’s rhythm, layers of hypnotic electronics, and singing that comes either trippily blurred or spellbindingly cyclical in a way that recalls Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman period all suggest the club floor. Alternatively, its forceful live-sounding dynamics, edge-of-chaos quality and fuzz – “achieving a crunchy texture is a personal mission,” Wiffen noted – distinguish it as very much the work of a band rather than a solitary home producer. They’ve been playing around the self-made music community of south London for less than a year, “any venue that cranks the volume”.

But the two tracks are vibrant and distinct – from one another and other current music – to spark curiosity about Ashnymph's upcoming moves. Regardless of the form, on the evidence of Saltspreader and Mr Invisible, it’s unlikely to be boring.

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