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The two singles put out to date by the group Ashnymph defy easy classification: their personal label of the sound as “subconscioussion” provides few hints. Debut Saltspreader married a heavy mechanical drumming – guitarist Will Wiffen has at times appeared on stage in a tee that bears the logo of Godflesh, icons of industrial metal – with vintage-sounding synthesisers and a riff that subtly echoes the enduring garage rock anthem I Wanna Be Your Dog, before transforming into a mass of eerie audio. The planned result, the trio have suggested, was to conjure highway journeys, “the grinding circulation of vehicles all day long over huge distances … nighttime orange glows”.

Its follow-up, Mr Invisible, occupies a space between club music and left-field alt-rock. For one thing, the cut's tempo, strata of mesmerizing synths, and lyrics that appear either trippily blurred or hypnotically looped in a way that brings back Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman period all indicate the dance space. Conversely, its powerful concert-like energy, near-anarchic character and overdrive – “achieving a crunchy texture is a personal mission,” the musician stated – distinguish it as clearly a group effort rather than a lone electronic artist. They've gigged around south London’s DIY scene for a short time, “any venue that cranks the volume”.

But the two tracks are vibrant and distinct – mutually and other current music – to spark curiosity about what Ashnymph might do next. No matter what it is, on the basis of these two singles, it’s unlikely to be boring.

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