Hailing from the UK cities of London and Brighton
If you enjoy artists like Underworld, MGMT, or Animal Collective
On the horizon An as-yet-untitled EP, to be released in 2026
The pair of releases put out so far by Ashnymph are hard to categorise: their personal label of their work as “subconscioussion” doesn’t offer many clues. The first single Saltspreader blended a pounding industrial rhythm – guitarist Will Wiffen has occasionally been spotted on stage sporting a shirt that bears the logo of the trailblazing band Godflesh – with vintage-sounding synthesisers and a guitar line that subtly echoes the enduring garage rock anthem I Wanna Be Your Dog, before transforming into a mass of eerie audio. Its intended effect, the trio have suggested, was to evoke motorway travel, “the endless movement of vehicles around the clock over great lengths … orange lights at night”.
The subsequent track, the song Mr Invisible, occupies a space between club music and unconventional alternative rock. On one hand, the song's beat, multiple entrancing electronic parts, and vocals that arrive either hallucinogenically distorted or hypnotically looped in a way that recalls Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman period all suggest the dancefloor. On the other, its intense performance-style shifts, edge-of-chaos quality and distortion – “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 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 contemporary releases – to spark curiosity about Ashnymph's upcoming moves. No matter what it is, on the strength of these tracks, it’s sure to be engaging.
This Week’s Best New Tracks
Hit My Head All Day by Dry Cleaning
“I simply must have experiences”, vocalist Florence Shaw states on their enchanting new track, but over six minutes – with human breath marking time – you get the sense that the motive eludes her.
Azimuth by Danny L Harle with Caroline Polachek
Welding Evanescence goth drama to peak 90s trance – right down to the lyric “and I ask the rain” – Azimuth suggests dusting off your best Cyberdog wear and dancing the night away, stat.
Robyn – Acne Studios mix
Robyn’s soundtrack for the Acne Studios' spring/summer 2026 presentation hints at her next record, including driving guitar parts à la Soulwax, energetic beats like Benny Benassi and the lyrics “my body’s a spaceship with the ovaries on hyperdrive”.
Jordana – Like That
Listeners adored her soft rock album Lively Premonition last year and the American artist keeps displaying her impressive hook-crafting ability as she sings about a futile crush.
Molly Nilsson – Get a Life
The solo Swedish pop act released her latest album Amateur this week, and this cut is remarkable: a electronic guitar part jerks forward at hardcore punk pace as Nilsson demands we seize the day.
Superstar by Artemas
After documenting jaded love and sex on his hit single I Like the Way You Kiss Me and its underrated parent mixtape Yustyna, the UK-Cypriot artist is hopelessly devoted to his new flame amid pulsating coldwave production.
Jennifer Walton's Miss America
Off an impressive first record, a delicate electronic ballad about the artist hearing of her father's passing in an transit lodge, mapping the strange setting in softly sung lines: “Shopping plaza, illegal trade, anxiety episodes.”
