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The pair of releases shared to date by Ashnymph resist simple labeling: the band's own tag of their music as “subconscioussion” leaves listeners guessing. The first single Saltspreader married a jackhammer industrial beat – guitarist Will Wiffen has occasionally been spotted on stage in a tee that displays the emblem of Godflesh, icons of industrial metal – with old-school electronic keys and a guitar riff that subtly echoes the enduring garage rock anthem I Wanna Be Your Dog, before melting into a barrier of unsettling sound. The planned result, the trio have suggested, was to conjure highway journeys, “the ceaseless flow of vehicles 24-hours a day over great lengths … nighttime orange glows”.

The next release, Mr Invisible, falls between club music and left-field alt-rock. Firstly, the cut's tempo, strata of mesmerizing synths, and singing that comes either trippily blurred or hypnotically looped in a way that recalls Dubnobasswithmyheadman-era Underworld all indicate the club floor. Alternatively, its intense performance-style shifts, edge-of-chaos quality and fuzz – “achieving a crunchy texture is a long-term goal,” the musician stated – mark it out as clearly a group effort rather than a solitary home producer. They've performed around south London’s DIY scene for less than a year, “any spot with loud speakers”.

But both are exciting and different enough – from each other and other current music – to make you wonder about the band's future direction. Whatever it is, on the strength of these tracks, it’s probably not dull.

This Week’s Best New Tracks

Dry Cleaning's Hit My Head All Day
“I really require adventures”​, singer Florence Shaw declares on the group's captivating comeback, but across six minutes – with breath sounds keeping rhythm – you feel that she can’t work out why.

Danny L Harle – Azimuth (ft Caroline Polachek)
Welding Evanescence goth drama to classic 90s trance – right down to the lyric “and I ask the rain” – the track implies dusting off your best Cyberdog wear and dancing the night away, right away.

Acne Studios mix by Robyn
Robyn's composition for the Acne Studios' spring/summer 2026 presentation hints at her next record, including gritty guitars reminiscent of Soulwax, Benny Benassi-style thrust and the words “my body’s a spaceship with the ovaries on hyperdrive”.

Jordana's Like That
Listeners adored her album Lively Premonition last year and the American artist further demonstrates her remarkable skill with choruses as she laments her latest hopeless infatuation.

Molly Nilsson – Get a Life
The solo Swedish pop act put out her new album Amateur this week, and this track from it is remarkable: a electronic guitar part surges ahead with punk speed as the singer urges we seize the day.

Artemas – Superstar
Post explorations of tired relationships on his megahit I Like the Way You Kiss Me and its accompanying release Yustyna, the British-Cypriot star is completely captivated by his new flame amid icy synth-driven sound.

Jennifer Walton's Miss America
Off an impressive first record, a delicate electronic ballad about Walton discovering her dad had died in an hotel near an airport, mapping the strange setting in tender incantations: “Retail area, shady transaction, nervous fits.”